Brand's big Ass deal
19/05/2003 … Jo Brand is to host a new quiz show, which the BBC hopes could replace The Simpsons.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 19 May 2003
Wild West returns
Slated sitcom lands second series
19/05/2003 … BBC1 has ordered a new series of Dawn French's comedy Wild West.
Broadway honours Eddie
Critics hand Izzard best actor award
19/05/2003 … Eddie Izzard has won one of New York's top theatre honours.
Capital Hill
19/05/2003 … Harry Hill is to present a Sunday morning radio show on London's Capital Radio.
Sun 18 May 2003
Gervais Rose to the occasion
The Office triumphs at Montreux
18/05/2003 … The Office has won one of the top international TV awards even though some of the judges did not get the joke.
Black comedy
BBC1 to air its first Afro-Caribbean sitcom
18/05/2003 … BBC1 is to air its first black sitcom, The Crouches.
Sat 17 May 2003
It's IT-hee
Broadcaster's new comedy drive
17/05/2003 … ITV1 is making a new push towards comedy, poaching some of the BBC's top stars forwith a raft of new commissions.
Tuffers' guide to comedy
Cricketer Phil joins sports quiz
17/05/2003 … Phil Tufnell will join They Think It's All Over as a team captain when the show returns this autumn.