Hitting the wrong note
Ali G creator branded 'dangerous'
20/08/2004 … Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen is to be investigated by broadcasting watchdogs after complaints that he sang an anti-Semitic song.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 20 August 2004
Wed 18 August 2004
Pure genius
18/08/2004 … Dave Gorman is developing a new Radio 4 programme based on listeners’ ideas to make the world a better place.
Laugh at the disabled...
Office star creates sketch show
18/08/2004 … The Office actress Julie Fernandez is working on a comedy sketch show featuring a cast of disabled people.
Ross has it taped
18/08/2004 … Ross Noble’s Edinburgh show is to be recorded this weekend for a future DVD release.
Ethnic comics hailed
Richard Pryor nominees announced
18/08/2004 … Stephen K Amos, Danny Bhoy, Matt Blaize and visiting comic Ahmed Ahmed have all been nominated for the first Fringe award for ethnic comedy.
Moran more
18/08/2004 … Dylan Moran has announced a new run of West End dates following his sell-out run in May.
Mon 16 August 2004
I was nearly a rent boy
Norton tells all in autobiography
16/08/2004 … Graham Norton has confessed that he almost became a rent boy – but bottled out when he was first asked for sex.
Sat 14 August 2004
Chubby cancels gigs
Friend's illness keeps him home
14/08/2004 … Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown has cancelled shows this summer to spend more time with a friend who may have weeks to live.