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Comedies make the most popular films
06/06/2003 … Comedies are officially the most popular films in the UK - attracting more than a quarter of all ticket sales.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 06 June 2003
Thu 05 June 2003
Le cheval qui rie
London club expand sinto France
05/06/2003 … The Laughing Horse chain of comedy clubs has expanded into France.
Clary axes tour dates
05/06/2003 … Julian Clary has pulled out of two planned shows in the Channel Islands in the face of dismal ticket sales.
Nice one, Nige
Comic helped Liverpool win culture bid
05/06/2003 … Character comedian Keith Carter is has been cited as one of the main reasons that Liverpool won its bid to be European Capital of Culture in 2008.
Office up for US award
05/06/2003 … It's already won just about every TV comedy award on this side of the Atlantic, and now The Office is setting its sights on the American gongs, too.
The Fringe is still on top
05/06/2003 … The programme for the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe has been launched, boasting more venues than ever before.
Tue 03 June 2003
A chunky role
03/06/2003 … Johnny Vegas has landed a role in the new Peter Sellers film biography, playing Harry Secombe.
Swimming with sharks
Comic rapped over aquarium stunt
03/06/2003 … Brighton comic Guy Venables may be prosecuted after going skinny-dipping in an aquarium tank.