Frankly rubbish
Skinner 'admits Brits disaster'
07/03/2002 … Frank Skinner has apparently admitted that he was rubbish hosting this year's Brit Awards.
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Thu 07 March 2002
Coming up Roses
07/03/2002 … Frank Skinner, Ardal O'Hanlon and Graham Norton are among the UK entries for the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux award in Switzerland next month.
Is it coz I is Ali?
Distributor's anger over ad ban
07/03/2002 … The company behind Ali G's latest film has hit out at advertising watchdogs who want to veto its trailers.
Julia's new sitcom
ITV launch Clare in the Community
07/03/2002 … Julia Sawalha is to star as a social worker in a new ITV sitcom.
BBC launches talent hunt
For sitcom writers and sketch actors
07/03/2002 … The BBC has launched a hunt for new sitcom writers and sketch performers.
Wed 06 March 2002
Comedy down the Tube
06/03/2002 … Tube travellers will be entertained by comedians as part of this year's London Comedy Festival.
Hope for the future
06/03/2002 … Bob Hope has donated $1 million to help build an archive of comedy performances.
Rivers of hate
'I didn't say **** peace, I said **** Muslims...'
06/03/2002 … Joan Rivers is threatening to sue makers of a new film about the aftermath of September 11 which alleged she said: "**** world peace" - claiming she actually…