Harry's claim
Secombe gets first blue plaque in Wales
27/03/2004 … Sir Harry Secombe has been honoured with the first blue plaque of its type in Wales.
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Sat 27 March 2004
Box of laughs
America to get stand-up TV station
27/03/2004 … America is to get a TV channel dedicated to stand-up comedy.
Fools prosper
Del Boy takes best sitcom crown
27/03/2004 … Only Fools and Horses has been voted Britain's favourite sitcom.
Ooh no, don't!
27/03/2004 … Frankie Howerd's friends and family are furious over a new TV documentary raking up the comic's notoriously predatory sex life.
Bruce's bonus
27/03/2004 … Lenny Bruce has been named the best stand-up ever.
Putting on the writs
Smith 'to sue' over bad review
27/03/2004 … Scottish comedian Elaine C Smith is planning to sue a critic who gave her a vitriolic review.
Fri 26 March 2004
Comic's mugger jailed
26/03/2004 … An unlicensed minicab driver has been jailed for four years for robbing comic Greg Burns.
Thu 25 March 2004
Bernard's not a hoot
Angry footy fans axe Manning gig
25/03/2004 … Sheffield Wednesday has scrapped a gig by Bernard Manning after a barrage of complaints from disgusted fans.