Out of the frying pan...
Comic taunts David Blaine with fry-up
09/09/2003 … Henry Naylor has been given a police warning after attacking David Blaine with a full English breakfast.
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Tue 09 September 2003
Mon 08 September 2003
Double the fun
08/09/2003 … Classic jokes, one-liners and sketches from two of Britain's best-loved double acts are to be published in a couple of pocket-sized books next week.
A Family movie
Animated comedy set for full-length film
08/09/2003 … Cult animated comedy Family Guy is to be made into a full-length movie.
A Fawlt on the line
08/09/2003 … Comedy fans will be able to watch clips of classic BBC shows, including Fawlty Towers, on their mobile phones.
It's Dara Eau Briain
08/09/2003 … Dara O'Briain is to appear in Perrier's London season - even though he has never been nominated for the prestigious award.
Sun 07 September 2003
I was Monty's trouble...
Chapman's boozing almost destroyed the Pythons
07/09/2003 … The full story of how Graham Chapman's alcoholism almost destroyed Monty Python is revealed in a new book.
First Perrier winner dies
Footlights star who spurned fame
07/09/2003 … One of the winners of the first Perrier award has died after a long illness.
Sat 06 September 2003
Sports sitcom relegated
Comedy loses its prime BBC1 slot
06/09/2003 … BBC1 has jettisoned the new sitcom Trevor's World of Sport from its prime-time slot after audiences slumped.