London laughs
Comedy festival line-up launched
07/05/2003 … The London Comedy festival has officially launched this year's programme.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 07 May 2003
Turtley dead
London's oddest venue goes belly-up
07/05/2003 … One of London's toughest - and strangest - comedy nights is to close down.
Sex sells
US Coupling tipped for the top
07/05/2003 … The American version of Coupling is set to land a coveted prime-time slot, despite fears the content might be too risque for advertisers.
A happy medium
Fry lands clairvoyant role in Sellers biopic
07/05/2003 … Stephen Fry is to appear in a screen biography of Peter Sellers, playing his trusted clairvoyant.
Tue 06 May 2003
NBC drops Kumars remake
...but it quickly finds a new home
06/05/2003 … American network NBC has dropped its remake of the Kumars At Number 42.
Doomed! We're all doomed!
C4 boss sounds death knell for TV comedy
06/05/2003 … The government is gambling with the entire future of comedy on TV, the head of Channel 4 has claimed.
Sun 04 May 2003
Bean for a spin
04/05/2003 … Rowan Atkinson crashed his Aston Martin at 100mph during an owners' yesterday.
For the crack...
Rik and Ade to tour Bottom again
04/05/2003 … Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson are to tour again with Bottom.