Chaplin's cane sold
14/12/2004 … The cane Charlie Chaplin twirled in the 1936 silent comedy Modern Times has been sold for £47,800.
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Tue 14 December 2004
King of the Beeb
Lawrence takes BBC new comic title
14/12/2004 … Andrew Lawrence has been named as the best new comedian in the country after scooping the BBC’s annual stand-up competition.
Mon 13 December 2004
Sued over Sellers
Wrangle over home movie footage
13/12/2004 … The estate of Peter Sellers is reportedly suing the BBC over the rights to intimate home movie footage of the actor.
'Little' is larger
Little Britain adds 1.7m viewers
13/12/2004 … Little Britain has added almost two million extra viewers following the end of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.
Pam's laughable
13/12/2004 … Pamela Anderson is set to star in her own sitcom.
The lone Lee road
13/12/2004 … Stewart Lee is to embark on his first solo UK tour, after more than 15 years in comedy.
Unfinished business
New BBC3 sitcom writing challenge
13/12/2004 … Some of Britain’s top comedy writers have created new BBC sitcoms – but it will be down to viewers to finish their scripts.
Sun 12 December 2004
Maths gags don't add up
Boffin criticises Connolly's jokes
12/12/2004 … He’s already upset many with his ill-advised comments this year, but now Billy Connolly has attracted the ire of another group… mathematicians Nobel…