Vote Cleese
Ex-Python 'to stand as US mayor'
06/12/2003 … John Cleese is planning to run for mayor of Santa Barbara.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 06 December 2003
Less Graham Norton
06/12/2003 … Graham Norton has confirmed his nightly Channel 4 show is to come to an end - to be replaced by a weekly edition from New York.
Fri 05 December 2003
Morris shoots C4 pilot
...but details remain top secret
05/12/2003 … Controversial Brass Eye creator Chris Morris has filmed a pilot episode of a new Channel 4 series Smack The Pony star Doon Mackichan took a small part in the show,…
Good taste my arse!
Bryne's language lands C4 in trouble
05/12/2003 … Stand-up Jason Byrne has landed Channel 4 in hot water for repeatedly saying 'arse' on breakfast TV.
Pythons snub reunion
Comics 'too busy' for photoshoot
05/12/2003 … An attempt to reunite the surviving members of Monty Python has failed - even though it was only for a photoshoot.
Thu 04 December 2003
Theakston lands a sitcom
Jamie heads BBC1 comedy line-up
04/12/2003 … Jamie Theakston is to star in a new BBC1 sitcom The former kids TV presenter will appear opposite Amanda Holden in Mad About Alice, about a divorced couple.
Double trouble
Ali G lookalike 'fooled carnival organisers'
04/12/2003 … A businessman allegedly conned organisers of a Welsh carnival that he had booked Ali G to appear - only to send a lookalike instead.
Billy gets his gong
Connolly collects his CBE from palace
04/12/2003 … Billy Connolly has picked up his CBE from the Prince of Wales.