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Partridge's comedy awards hat trick
12/11/2003 … The British Comedy Award nominees have been announced, with I'm Alan Partridge leading the pack.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 12 November 2003
Is it really goodnight Seattle?
Grammer hints at Frasier encore
12/11/2003 … Frasier may not be coming to an end after all, star Kelsey Grammer has said.
Dead Spider
The man who wrote Benny Hill's theme
12/11/2003 … The man who wrote the most famous tune in comedy has died.
Popper goes off
C4 exec leaves for BBC2 comedy
12/11/2003 … Channel 4's comedy commissioning editor Robert Popper has quit to work on his BBC2 show Look Around You.
Tue 11 November 2003
He needs a bitch-slap
Billy lashes out at Pop Idol's Cowell
11/11/2003 … Billy Connolly has lashed out at the state of TV - reserving particular venom for Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell.
Sun 09 November 2003
TV's made me stale
I need to work on my act, says Vegas
09/11/2003 … Johnny Vegas has vowed to write more stand-up, after admitting his TV career has affected his live work.
Fri 07 November 2003
Wine and Cleese
Python to host Food Network show
07/11/2003 … John Cleese is to front an American television show about wine.
Arsonists destroy Doddy's dream
Comedy museum plan up in smoke
07/11/2003 … Ken Dodd's dream of opening Britain's first comedy museum has been shattered by arsonists.