Office secrets leaked
Post mix-up reveals Christmas plot
28/11/2003 … Secrecy surrounding the final episodes of The Office has been broken - after the scripts were accidentally posted to the wrong address.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 28 November 2003
Yes Mr President
Political sitcom set for US export
28/11/2003 … Yes Minister is set to be the next sitcom to be remade for the American market.
Thu 27 November 2003
Not so Everage
First Aussie comedy award winners announced
27/11/2003 … Dame Edna Everage creator Barry Humphries has been acclaimed as the outstanding live stand-up in the first Australian comedy awards.
John Leslie buries the hatchet
... thanks to Bo Selecta's Avid
27/11/2003 … John Leslie and Matthew Wright are to make peace, thanks to Bo Selecta's Avid Merrion.
Write, said Fred
My Family creator heads new sitcom
27/11/2003 … My Family creator Fred Barron is working on a new sitcom about a woman having trouble with men.
Tue 25 November 2003
Bill to troll the UK
Bailey will hit the road next spring
25/11/2003 … Bill Bailey is to tour the UK next year on the back of his Never Mind The Buzzcocks fame.
Just 4 laughs
Radio Four unveils comic line-up
25/11/2003 … Radio 4 has announced its 2004 comedy line-up, featuring many stars of the stand-up circuit.
TV's colour balance needs fixing
Lenny Henry calls for more black execs
25/11/2003 … Lenny Henry has called for a "seismic shift" to place more black and Asian executives in the upper echelons of the British media.