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City launches second comedy festival
22/01/2004 … The second Glasgow International Comedy Festival has officially been launched, boasting 35,000 tickets over 150 performances.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 22 January 2004
Belzer's sketchy film idea
22/01/2004 … Law & Order star Richard Belzer is returning to his comedy roots with a new sketch film.
A Mighty Wind-up
22/01/2004 … Stewart Lee has hit out at film distributors Warner Bros for twisting his words for their posters publicising A Mighty Wind.
Wed 21 January 2004
Brand's gag causes a stink
21/01/2004 … The BBC has apologised to the Albanian ambassador after Jo Brand offered to fart their national anthem.
Tue 20 January 2004
Drawn to good scripts...
Simpsons nab writing nominations
20/01/2004 … The Simpsons has picked up three awards nominations for the quality of its scripts.
Good in the Sack...
BBC2 ratings tumble after show pulled
20/01/2004 … The BBC's decision to pull the reality comedy show The Sack Race appears to have backfired.
The same old favourites
Familiar faces in awards line-up
20/01/2004 … The four best comedy moments from last year's TV have been named.
Office producer quits BBC
20/01/2004 … Independent TV company Talkback have poached The Office's producer from the BBC.