BBC picks up 'Girls'
Corporation snaps up hot US sitcom
07/06/2004 … The BBC has snapped up the rights to a raunchy US sitcom, before most American viewers have even seen it.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 07 June 2004
No smoke without ire
Non-smokers fuming at BBC sitcom
07/06/2004 … A new BBC sitcom has been slated by health campaigners for promoting smoking.
Pryor record
First black act to top UK comedy chart
07/06/2004 … Richard Pryor has become the first black comic to top the comedy DVD chart.
Not only... but also
Rare Pete & Dud scripts unearthed
07/06/2004 … Previously unseen scripts by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore have been unearthed for a new book.
Sat 05 June 2004
'My work is pap'
05/06/2004 … Lee Evans has confessed that he considers his stand-up as "pap".
Going, going, gob...
Spit The Dog fetches £5,000 at auction
05/06/2004 … Bob Carolgees has sold Spit The Dog at auction, netting more than £5,000.
Fri 04 June 2004
Al's out of Hell
Murray evicted from kitchen show
04/06/2004 … Pub Landlord Al Murray has been evicted from Gordon Ramsay’s Hell's Kitchen.
'Anti-Scottish aresholes'
BBC pressured over Glasgow sitcom
04/06/2004 … The BBC is coming under pressure to air Scottish sitcom Still Game across the whole country.