Jackie Hamilton dies
Veteran of The Comedians was 65
13/08/2003 … Old-school comedian Jackie Hamilton died yesterday at the age of 65.
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Wed 13 August 2003
Tue 12 August 2003
Loaded with comedy
Magazine launches Lafta awards
12/08/2003 … Loaded magazine has launched its own range of comedy awards.
Cyderdelic land BBC deal
Six-part series for spoof protesters
12/08/2003 … Spoof anti-globalisation warriors Cyderdelic have landed their own BBC3 series.
Frank and free
Skinner fronts museum ads for nothing
12/08/2003 … Frank Skinnner is to appear in a series of newspaper ads for the National Football Museum - but he won't be paid a penny.
Quest for the perfect sitcom
12/08/2003 … The BBC has launched a quest for Britain's best sitcom of all time.
Mon 11 August 2003
My American Family
Another sitcom to cross the pond?
11/08/2003 … My Family could be the next British sitcom to cross the Atlantic.
Hot Rhod
11/08/2003 … Welshman Rhod Gilbert has won the BBC Three New Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Fri 08 August 2003
A small fortune
Corbett sells his home for £1.35m
08/08/2003 … Ronnie Corbett has put his Croydon home on the market for £1.