You can call me, Al
20/10/2003 … Pub Landlord Al Murray is to front a talent hunt based around BT internet kiosks.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 20 October 2003
How Steptoe turned killer
The secret endings of classic sitcoms
20/10/2003 … The fates of some of Britain's best-known comedy characters have been revealed by the people who created them.
Sun 19 October 2003
Dad's Army sequel a-piers again
'Lost' recording returned to BBC
19/10/2003 … A previously unheard episode of a Dad's Army spin-off, which featured the last performance of star Arthur Lowe, has been unearthed.
Brand new chat show
Jo shoots pilot at comedy festival
19/10/2003 … Jo Brand is to front her own chat show.
Sat 18 October 2003
Davidson wins court battle
Comic 'vindicated' over pier fall
18/10/2003 … Jim Davidson has won his court case against a woman who claimed she was hurt in a fall on a pier he was running.
'Doddy's so sexy'
Stalker tells of her lust for comic
18/10/2003 … Ken Dodd's stalker has told how she found the comic "incredibly sexy" and wanted to become his lover.
My pansy pain
18/10/2003 … Billy Connolly has had pansies tattooed across both feet.
Fri 17 October 2003
Foreign Office
Gervais's comedy gets NBC green light
17/10/2003 … The American remake of The Office has been given the green light by the NBC network.