Ricky hits the road
Gervais announces his first tour
24/02/2004 … Ricky Gervais has announced his first national stand-up tour.
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Tue 24 February 2004
Worse than Jim Davidson
24/02/2004 … Comedy fans dislike Peter Kay even more than Jim Davidson.
Kitson, Gorman triumph
24/02/2004 … Daniel Kitson and Dave Gorman were the biggest winners at last night's Chortle awards.
Mon 23 February 2004
The Crouches to return
...but now with a black writer
23/02/2004 … BBC's first black sitcom, The Crouches, is to return despite attracting a critical mauling and only modest audiences.
Jerry well done
Springer opera nets four Oliviers
23/02/2004 … Jerry Springer: The Opera won four of Britain's leading theatre awards last night.
Sat 21 February 2004
Seriously rich
Ben Elton pays himself £1m a year
21/02/2004 … Ben Elton earned almost £1million last year, according to his company accounts.
Fri 20 February 2004
Manning for Deputy PM
Comic's new job as Prescott lookalike
20/02/2004 … Bernard Manning has landed a new comedy role as a John Prescott lookalike.
Tour axed over race fears
20/02/2004 … A French comic who offended Jews has been forced to cancel a live tour after organisers said they could not guarantee the safety of his audience.