A barrel of laughs
24/11/2003 … Al Murray has today released his first live video - My Gaff, My Rules.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 24 November 2003
Barschak jailed
24/11/2003 … Comedy Terrorist Aaron Barschak has been jailed for 28 days for hurling red paint over a Turner-nominated artist.
Brent's the Pitts
Could Brad star in The Office USA?
24/11/2003 … It seems a most unlikely casting choice for the awkward, inept and annoying David Brent - but Brad Pitt could be the star of the American remake of The Office.
Sun 23 November 2003
Comedy gold unearthed
At Last The 1948 Show, at last
23/11/2003 … An episode of the Sixties comedy series that spawned the Pythons is to be aired for the first time in 36 years, after lost footage was painstakingly reconstructed.
Sat 22 November 2003
Dave's a headliner
22/11/2003 … Phoenix Nights star Dave Spikey is working on a new ITV1 sitcom set in a useless local newspaper.
Fri 21 November 2003
American hero?
Another sitcom heading for the States?
21/11/2003 … BBC sitcom My Hero could be the latest British comedy to cross the Atlantic.
Dodd stalker detained
Judge: 'You were a dangerous menace'
21/11/2003 … A stalker who sent a dead rat to Ken Dodd and set fire to his house has been detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.
Jackie's Broadway flop
Mason's musical to close early
21/11/2003 … Jackie Mason's Broadway comedy Laughing Room Only is to close early.