Laughs from the past
Classic sitcom stars in new sketch show
12/12/2003 … Sitcom stars of the past are to appear in a new BBC1 sketch show, written by a younger generation of mostly unknown comedy writers.
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Fri 12 December 2003
Thu 11 December 2003
What took you so long?
Ross takes home British comedy award
11/12/2003 … Jonathan Ross has won a British Comedy Award for the first time in 13 years hosting the ceremony.
Tue 09 December 2003
Seinfeld generates buzz
Jerry's first movie... and it's about bees
09/12/2003 … Jerry Seinfeld has announced his first major Hollywood project, five years after quitting his top-rated sitcom.
Ali G conman guilty
09/12/2003 … The student who conned a Welsh town into thinking Ali G would make a guest appearance at their carnival, only to book a lookalike instead, is now facing a jail…
You don't have to be mad...
Comics to star in mental asylum drama
09/12/2003 … The man behind the Edinburgh Fringe hit 12 Angry Men is planning to follow it up with a version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, also starring a cast of comedians.
Mon 08 December 2003
The Empire needs you
08/12/2003 … New comics have been invited to audition for one of the most-established talent hunts in London.
The book what I wrote
Eric and Ern's writer pens memoirs
08/12/2003 … The man behind Morecambe and Wise's greatest moments is writing his memoirs.
Gervais the Messiah
08/12/2003 … You could never accuse him of false modesty, and now Ricky Gervais has been portrayed as Jesus.