Somebody's cross...
Cyderdelic rapped for blasphemy
28/10/2004 … Comedy group Cyderdelic have been censured by BBC governors following complaints their show was blasphemous.
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Thu 28 October 2004
Wed 27 October 2004
ITV's date with improv
27/10/2004 … ITV is to film a pilot of a new improvised romantic comedy show, which could see the spontaneous form return to TV for the first time in six years.
Fawlty connection
Cleese launches his own website
27/10/2004 … John Cleese has celebrated his 65th birthday today – by launching his own website.
Tue 26 October 2004
It's Jongleurs' loss
26/10/2004 … Pre-tax profits at troubled Jongleurs owners Regent Inns fell 15 per cent to £12.
Bar firebombed after comedy
Revenge for comic's put-downs?
26/10/2004 … Two men may have firebombed an Edinburgh bar after being picked on by a comedian.
Sun 24 October 2004
Brent double?
Is Germany ripping off The Office?
24/10/2004 … The BBC has launched an investigation over a German comedy show that bears uncanny similarities to The Office.
Good heir day
24/10/2004 … Prince Charles has donated money to a £30,000 appeal to erect a statue in honour of Spike Milligan.
Sat 23 October 2004
The Gagomatic 2004
Computer can write its own jokes
23/10/2004 … Scientists have created a computer that can write and deliver its own jokes.