Open Mic king crowned
Ex-Footlighter Watson takes title
20/08/2002 … Mark Watson has won the Daily Telegraph Open Mic award for new stand-ups.
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Tue 20 August 2002
Angus keeps his job
...but he'll be under scrutiny
20/08/2002 … Angus Deayton has kept his job hosting Have I Got News For You - but BBC chiefs will be keeping a close eye on him.
Mon 19 August 2002
Grouchy Marxes
Group furious over Fringe 'sabotage'
19/08/2002 … A student theatre group is furious after posters advertising their production of the Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers were covered with false 'cancelled' stickers.
Adrenaline Russ
Comic gets stressed for new TV series
19/08/2002 … Russell Brand is to come face-to-face with extremists, challenge his father to a boxing match and take part in a motorcycle stunt for a new TV series.
Norden exposure
Denis donates classic scripts to archive
19/08/2002 … Denis Norden is to donate hundreds of his early radio scripts to a university archive.
Sybil action
Cleese plans reunion with Fawlty co-star
19/08/2002 … John Cleese is planning a reunion with his Fawlty Towers co-star Prunella Scales.
Let the party Big Yin
Royalty helps celebrate Billy's 60th
19/08/2002 … Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were among 200 guests celebrating Billy Connolly's 60th birthday at the weekend.
Debt in Vegas
Johnny 'owed money' for Monkey ads
19/08/2002 … Johnny Vegas is threatening to sue ITV Digital's advertising agency for money he claims he owed from the popular Monkey campaign.