'You sexist bunch'
17/05/2004 … Alexei Sayle has branded a generation of younger comics as cynical misogynists who set back the anti-sexist cause he pioneered.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 17 May 2004
Monty's doubles
1,000 audition for Python movie
17/05/2004 … A thousand hopefuls turned up for auditions in New York yesterday hoping to win parts in the promised movie about the life of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman.
He's Inder big time
Manocha beats Lenny Henry to an Emma
17/05/2004 … Asian stand-up Inder Manocha has beaten off competition from the likes of Lenny Henry and Meera Syal to win the leading award for multicultural comedy.
Norse of the year show
World's first Viking comedy contest
17/05/2004 … In the overcrowded market of stand-up comedy competitions, this has to be the strangest yet.
A Sporting chance
Trevor's World to return... on radio
17/05/2004 … Axed BBC1 comedy Trevor’s World Of Sport is to enjoy a new lease of life – as a radio show.
Brits invade Montreal
17/05/2004 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival has announced this year’s line-up, with Tim Allen, Jackie Mason and the voices behind the Family Guy cartoon…
Satire impressario dies
17/05/2004 … The impresario who saved Private Eye and helped Peter Cook set up The Establishment Club has died at the age of 66.
Gift of the gob
Spitting Image 'set for return'
17/05/2004 … Spitting Image could be heading for a TV comeback, according to newspaper reports.