24/7
Digital comedy channel goes round the clock
16/12/2003 … BBC7, the digital home of some of radio's best comedy, has started broadcasting 24 hours a day.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 16 December 2003
Mon 15 December 2003
A record breaker
Evans performs to biggest audience
15/12/2003 … Lee Evans has set a world record for performing to the biggest comedy audience.
Beeb poaches Norton
Graham signed to revive Saturday nights
15/12/2003 … Graham Norton has signed an exclusive two-and-a-half-year deal to work on the BBC.
Sun 14 December 2003
Gervais goes into politics
14/12/2003 … Ricky Gervais is working on a new stand-up show.
Billy joins the $1m-a-movie set
Connolly breaks magic pay barrier
14/12/2003 … Billy Connolly has joined the list of Hollywood actors making $1million a movie with his latest screen deal.
Sat 13 December 2003
Jack joins the spinners
Dee lands role in New Labour drama
13/12/2003 … Jack Dee is to star as a sinister Labour spin doctor in a controversial new BBC drama.
Worth waiting for
Comic scoops award... two months late
13/12/2003 … British stand-up Paul Chowdhry has just been told that he won a comedy award - more than two months after the event.
Fri 12 December 2003
The Bitch is back
12/12/2003 … Joan Collins could be heading back to TV screens in a new sitcom written by Gimme Gimme Gimme creator Jonathan Harvey.