Reality overload
Stand-up inspires Pop Idol spin-offs
20/09/2002 … Pop Idol-style searches for new comedians are to become America's next reality TV craze.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 20 September 2002
Thu 19 September 2002
Gimme Moore
US satirist set for London shows
19/09/2002 … Michael Moore is coming to the UK for a string of London shows.
Kielty wins libel suit
19/09/2002 … Patrick Kielty has won 'substantial' libel damages over a newspaper story which falsely claimed he misbehaved outside a Dublin bar.
American excess
Coupling stays rude for US remake
19/09/2002 … The American studios remaking Coupling have promised to keep in all the drinking, smoking, sex and bad language.
Wed 18 September 2002
So Gotham Norton
18/09/2002 … Graham Norton is to make his New York stage debut tonight.
Box of delights
18/09/2002 … Ricky Gervais, Paul Merton and Michael Parkinson are to appear at a TV festival later this month.
Rhona set for ITV deal
Chiefs impressed with jungle exploits
18/09/2002 … Rhona Cameron could land her own TV show after her exploits on I'm a Celebrity.
Win Ed Byrne tickets
18/09/2002 … Ed Byrne this weekend embarks on a mammoth tour of the UK.