Blackadder's back
12/02/2002 … Rowan Atkinson is to create a new reincarnation of Blackadder for a TV advert promoting the Queen's jubilee concert.
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Tue 12 February 2002
I've found my level
12/02/2002 … Jo Brand says she's getting a much older crowd to her stand-up shows these days, and that suits her fine.
$1m Friends
12/02/2002 … The cast of Friends has agreed to make another, final, series - with a $300,000 an episode pay rise.
Bob: My arthritis agony
12/02/2002 … Bob Mortimer has spoken of the rheumatoid arthritis that affects his life.
Stand-up 'beats movies'
Hollywood comic prefers live work
12/02/2002 … American comic Janeane Garofalo says she prefers stand-up to movies.
Mon 11 February 2002
Nye's work for Morley
11/02/2002 … Former Coronation Street star Ken Morley is to feature in a new sitcom from Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly and The Savages.
Sykes: I'm glad I'm blind
...so I don't have to endure TV
11/02/2002 … Eric Sykes says he's glad he has lost his sight and his hearing - so he doesn't have to endure television.
Razor laugh
Shaving firm's new comedy contest
11/02/2002 … A new competition for comedians has been launched - by razor manufacturers Wilkinson Sword.