A Brum do
Birmingham comedy fest unveiled
30/08/2003 … Tommy Tiernan, Al Murray, Jimmy Carr and Daniel Kitson are all lined up to appear at the Birmingham Comedy Festival.
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Sat 30 August 2003
Fri 29 August 2003
End-of-the-pier pressure
Jim quits resort over tourism row
29/08/2003 … Jim Davidson is to quit the seaside resort where he has performed for the past 14 years following a row with tourism chiefs.
Thu 28 August 2003
Goodbye to a great
28/08/2003 … Bob Hope's life has been remembered at a star-studded memorial service in Hollywood.
Family rows
Sitcom creator files US lawsuit
28/08/2003 … The creator of My Family has filed a lawsuit that could prevent the sitcom being exported to the States.
Wed 27 August 2003
Evans 'heads for West End'
Comic tipped for Producers role
27/08/2003 … Lee Evans has been tipped to star in the West End version of The Producers.
Wheels of Steel
27/08/2003 … Mark Steel is to go on tour to coincide with his new TV series.
Tue 26 August 2003
A funny age...
How humour changes in older people
26/08/2003 … Old age affects your ability to get a joke, but it doesn't destroy your sense of humour, new research has found.
Big Brother... for addicts
Jim Davidson's bizarre TV project
26/08/2003 … Jim Davidson is planning to use alcoholics and drug addicts in a new TV game show.