I know nothing about comedy
12/08/2002 … BBC comedy chief Jon Plowman has admitted he knows nothing about comedy.
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Mon 12 August 2002
It's grin up north
Cumbria launches comedy contest
12/08/2002 … A hunt has been launched for the best new comedian in Cumbria.
Top banana
Conti's monkey act scoops BBC title
12/08/2002 … Nina Conti has won this year's BBC New Comedy Award.
Thanks a million
12/08/2002 … Chortle has received its millionth visitor.
Feet of clay
12/08/2002 … Johnny Vegas is to star in a new radio comedy series, which he has also co-written.
Sun 11 August 2002
Ozzy theatens to sue Enfield
Rocker claims sitcom is based on him
11/08/2002 … Ozzy Osbourne has threatened to sue Harry Enfield over his new BBC comedy series.
You dirty old man
11/08/2002 … Steptoe and Son star Wilfred Brambell lusted after teenage boys and was once caught cottaging in public toilets, a new TV documentary claims.
Sat 10 August 2002
Seinfeld 'stole my idea'
Comic claims hit show owes him millions
10/08/2002 … Fringe performer Joey West says Jerry Seinfeld owes him millions of dollars for ripping off the idea for his hugely successful sitcom.