Joey goes it alone
25/07/2003 … Rumours that Friends is to spawn a spin-off centred on Matt LeBlanc's Joey Tribbiani character were confirmed last night.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 25 July 2003
Wed 23 July 2003
Bailey's cream of comedy
23/07/2003 … Bill Bailey is to host the final of this year's So You Think You're Funny? talent competition, it has been announced.
Water fight
23/07/2003 … Fringe audiences and critics will again be voting for their favourite shows in Edinburgh this year.
Lift and drag
'Lily Savage' takes flying lessons
23/07/2003 … Lily Savage creator Paul O'Grady has started taking flying lessons.
Tue 22 July 2003
A bid for fame
Fringe show is auctioned on eBay
22/07/2003 … Two female comics are auctioning off an exclusive performance of their Edinburgh show on eBay.
Morris plans TV comeback
New comedy from Brass Eye star
22/07/2003 … Chris Morris is working on a new comedy project for Channel 4.
Mon 21 July 2003
Kumars take on the world...
Four more countries develop format
21/07/2003 … The Kumars At Number 42 has been exported to four more European countries, all of which will make their own version of the comedy chat show.
A painful business, comedy
Stand-up continues despite stage collapse
21/07/2003 … A comic collapsed on stage on Friday night - yet continued to deliver his set, lapsing in and out of consciousness.