Doing tricks...
Comedy magicians get prime-time slot
15/07/2003 … Comedy magicians Danny Buckler and John Lenahan are to appear on a prime-time BBC1 show about the secrets of magic.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 15 July 2003
Mon 14 July 2003
Dodd's paper chase
Comic hunts for spoof newspapers
14/07/2003 … Ken Dodd has launched an appeal to track down copies of a spoof newspaper which he enjoyed as a child.
Barschak off the hook
Police drop Comedy Terrorist's charges
14/07/2003 … Comedy terrorist Aaron Barschak will not face any criminal charges after gatecrashing Prince William's 21st birthday party.
Deayton set for BBC return
14/07/2003 … Angus Deayton is to return to the BBC a year after he was sacked from Have I Got News for You.
Porridge in the dock
Sitcom blamed for prisons crisis
14/07/2003 … The root cause of Britain's decaying, overcrowded prison system has finally been found: Ronnie Barker's sitcom Porridge.
Comedy Terrorist in court
Barschak charged over art attack
14/07/2003 … Comedy terrorist Aaron Barschak has appeared in court on charges of deliberately damaging a painting.
Dom and dumber
14/07/2003 … Dom Joly has been mugged by a child who taunted him with his own catchphrases.
Sun 13 July 2003
£60m, taken as Red
Comic Relief announces record total
13/07/2003 … This year's Red Nose Day raised a record-breaking total of more than £60million.