ITV crowns comedy queen
29/11/2002 … Karen Cockfield has won the late-night ITV1 talent hunt Take The Mike.
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Fri 29 November 2002
Partridge ruffles feathers
Norfolk's fury over Coogan's jibes
29/11/2002 … Norfolk's civic leaders have blasted Steve Coogan for making their county a laughing stock.
Jesus f***ing Christ
29/11/2002 … Channel 4 show Does Doug Know has been slammed for making a joke about Jesus.
Thu 28 November 2002
The road to Hill
28/11/2002 … Harry Hill has announced a 45-date tour with a new live show, Wild Horses.
Charlie's in the chair
28/11/2002 … Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy is to host Have I Got News For You.
Wed 27 November 2002
'Is ugly a disability?'
Gervais fronts new ad campaign
27/11/2002 … Ricky Gervais is to front a new advertising campaign challenging discrimination against disabled people.
I'm away from The Office
27/11/2002 … The Office's Martin Freeman is to star in a new sitcom from Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye.
Badly drawn rules
2DTV told to get Bin Laden's blessing
27/11/2002 … Makers of the animated satire 2DTV have been told they can take the mickey out of Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden - but only if they have their written permission.