A record breaker
Evans performs to biggest audience
15/12/2003 … Lee Evans has set a world record for performing to the biggest comedy audience.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 15 December 2003
Sun 14 December 2003
Billy joins the $1m-a-movie set
Connolly breaks magic pay barrier
14/12/2003 … Billy Connolly has joined the list of Hollywood actors making $1million a movie with his latest screen deal.
Gervais goes into politics
14/12/2003 … Ricky Gervais is working on a new stand-up show.
Sat 13 December 2003
Worth waiting for
Comic scoops award... two months late
13/12/2003 … British stand-up Paul Chowdhry has just been told that he won a comedy award - more than two months after the event.
Jack joins the spinners
Dee lands role in New Labour drama
13/12/2003 … Jack Dee is to star as a sinister Labour spin doctor in a controversial new BBC drama.
Fri 12 December 2003
Laughs from the past
Classic sitcom stars in new sketch show
12/12/2003 … Sitcom stars of the past are to appear in a new BBC1 sketch show, written by a younger generation of mostly unknown comedy writers.
The Bitch is back
12/12/2003 … Joan Collins could be heading back to TV screens in a new sitcom written by Gimme Gimme Gimme creator Jonathan Harvey.
Thu 11 December 2003
What took you so long?
Ross takes home British comedy award
11/12/2003 … Jonathan Ross has won a British Comedy Award for the first time in 13 years hosting the ceremony.