Telling it straight
Viewers force gay characters off sitcom
23/03/2004 … The BBC axed a lesbian storyline from a prime-time sitcom because viewers found the idea distateful.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 23 March 2004
Office heads Bafta race
BBC cock-up doesn't dent its chances
23/03/2004 … Ricky Gervais has made the shortlist for the Bafta awards despite the BBC missing his name off their nominees.
Mon 22 March 2004
Meera goes Bad
22/03/2004 … Kumars star Meera Syal is taking a break from comedy to appear in Bad Girls as a convicted killer.
Sun 21 March 2004
Bad conduct
On The Buses star freezes out family
21/03/2004 … On The Buses star Bob Grant didn't leave a penny to his mother or his two children, it has been revealed.
On the house!
Win Al Murray tickets in Glasgow
21/03/2004 … Al Murray is appearing at the Glasgow Carling Academy on Friday as part of the city's second annual comedy festival.
Sat 20 March 2004
The passages of time...
20/03/2004 … Julian Clary is writing his autobiography, to be called A Young Man's Passage.
It's Balti Towers
C4 commissions curry-house sitcom
20/03/2004 … Channel 4 has commissioned a new sitcom set in a Glaswegian curry house.
Thu 18 March 2004
Extra special
18/03/2004 … Ricky Gervais's next TV creation is to be a failed actor.