Wizards of Oz
Melbourne festival announces line-up
16/02/2003 … Lee Mack, Daniel Kitson and Dave Gorman are among the British acts heading to the Melbourne Comedy Festival next month.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 16 February 2003
Sat 15 February 2003
Win Marion and Geoff vids
15/02/2003 … The first series of Marion and Geoff is released on DVD and video on February 17 - and we have four copies to give away.
Fri 14 February 2003
The chuckle channel
14/02/2003 … Plans are afoot for a new TV channel dedicated to British comedy.
Friend's first
Perry to make stage debut in London
14/02/2003 … Friends star Matthew Perry and Simpsons actor Hank Azaria are to perform together on the London stage.
Adam and leave
14/02/2003 … BBC has poached double act Adam and Joe for a new series about Asian culture.
Thu 13 February 2003
Cinema scope
C4 appoints first film comedy chief
13/02/2003 … Channel 4 has appointed its first head of film comedy.
Wed 12 February 2003
Steve gets 'Around'
Coogan stars in $100m Jules Verne epic
12/02/2003 … Steve Coogan is to play Phileas Fogg in a new film version of Around The World In Eighty Days.
Tue 11 February 2003
Another Fringe benefit...
New fundraiser to aid Gilded Balloon
11/02/2003 … Charlotte Church's movie debut is to be unveiled at the Aspen comedy festival later this month.