Frankly out of line
Skinner rapped for mocking disabled
29/04/2003 … Frank Skinner has been censured for mocking disabled people on TV.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 29 April 2003
Freddie Starr ate my Dick
Comic: 'I swallowed Emery's ashes'
29/04/2003 … Freddie Starr has claimed he accidentally drank the ashes of Dick Emery.
Don't send in the Clunes
Beeb denies he's in line for HIGNFY job
29/04/2003 … The BBC has denied tabloid reports that Martin Clunes is to become the full-time host of Have I Got News For You.
Mon 28 April 2003
Fry's winning show
BBC greenlights comedy panel game
28/04/2003 … Stephen Fry is to host a new comedy panel game for BBC2.
Recovered treasure
Classic radio comedy unearthed
28/04/2003 … An entire series of influential radio comedy Take It From Here has been unearthed in the BBC archives.
Fri 25 April 2003
Now she's cooking
Roseanne is back... as a Domestic Goddess
25/04/2003 … Roseanne Barr is making a return to TV with a reality show based on her attempts to sell a cooking and lifestyle show.
Chorley or bust...
25/04/2003 … Phoenix Nights star Dave Spikey has been immortalised in a bronze bust.
Thu 24 April 2003
Jerry gets bigger
24/04/2003 … Another 15 dates have been added to the London production of Jerry Springer: The Opera.