Cher the joy
Pam Ann to support superstar diva
21/04/2004 … Comedy character Pam Ann is to support Cher on the UK leg of her farewell tour.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 21 April 2004
Tue 20 April 2004
Nothing funny about Scousers
Liverpool talent hunt draws a blank
20/04/2004 … Liverpudlians' boasts about their unique sense of humour have taken a battering.
Billy blasted
Greer takes a swipe at Connolly
20/04/2004 … Feminist writer Germaine Greer has launched a scathing attack on Billy Connolly for making money out of Australia.
Behaving badly again
Morrissey reunites with writer Nye
20/04/2004 … Neil Morrissey is to be reunited with Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye for a raunchy new sitcom.
A chilling warning...
BBC rapped over fridge trailers
20/04/2004 … The BBC has been officially criticised for screening a trailer showing Johnny Vegas living in a fridge.
Mon 19 April 2004
In for a Benny...
19/04/2004 … Little Britain star Matt Lucas has been approached to play Benny Hill in a new TV play about his life.
Sun 18 April 2004
Hard to make an impression
Ancona: Female comics have it tough
18/04/2004 … Women are still struggling to be taken seriously in comedy, impressionist Ronni Ancona claims.
Ricky wins. Again
Gervais completes Bafta hat trick
18/04/2004 … Ricky Gervais has completed a Bafta hat-trick, winningthe award for best comedy performance for the third year running.