Wife swap
BBC2 buys Wayans' hit US sitcom
07/11/2003 … BBC2 has bought Damon Wayans' award-winning US sitcom My Wife And Kids.
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Fri 07 November 2003
Thu 06 November 2003
The £18m war chest
Jongleurs' owners set to pounce on new venues
06/11/2003 … Jongleurs owners Regent Inns is to raise an £18million war chest to enable it to buy new venues.
America ruined my sitcom
Coupling writer hits out at US studios
06/11/2003 … The creator of Coupling has said his show was ruined by the American studio system.
Vic and Bob... and Steve
Coogan joins Reeves & Mortimer
06/11/2003 … Steve Coogan is to team up with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer for a new ITV1 show.
BBC gambles on Vegas
06/11/2003 … Johnny Vegas has signed an exclusive deal to develop his own comedy show with the BBC that could be worth up to £500,000 Vegas is teaming up with British…
Wed 05 November 2003
So there's these five Irishmen...
O'Hanlon headlines benefit bash
05/11/2003 … Ardal O'Hanlon is to make a rare stand-up appearance at an Irish comedy showcase in the West End this month.
Chinese whispers
BBC3 plans first Oriental comedy show
05/11/2003 … BBC3 is planning the first all-Chinese comedy show, which could do for Oriental comics what Goodness Gracious Me did for Asian ones.
Tue 04 November 2003
Janey's latest chapter
04/11/2003 … Comic Janey Godley has landed a book deal on the back of her Edinburgh Fringe show.