Stairlift to heaven
15/03/2003 … Veteran comedy actress Dame Thora Hird has died at the age of 91.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 15 March 2003
The ultimate answer?
42 comics in new stand-up show
15/03/2003 … BBC Three launches its new stand-up show Brain Candy tomorrow.
Fri 14 March 2003
Kay to quit stand-up
14/03/2003 … Peter Kay has announced another 14 dates in his live tour - and says he\'ll then quit stand-up for a few years.
Thu 13 March 2003
Gina hits the West End
13/03/2003 … Gina Yashere is to take her stand-up show to the West End.
Funny peculiar
Aussie TV boasts new comedy genre
13/03/2003 … An Australian TV executive claims to have created a new way of presenting stand-up on TV.
Moore telly
Satirist in talks over new TV series
13/03/2003 … Michael Moore is in talks for a new TV series.
Mon 10 March 2003
Scouse of fun
10/03/2003 … Liverpool produces more comedians per head than anywhere else in Britain, a new survey claims.
Norton rapped
Bee Gees gag was too offensive
10/03/2003 … Graham Norton has been rapped over a bad-taste joke about the late Maurice Gibb.