Boom time for Basil
14/02/2002 … Basil Brush has become the latest star to land his own sitcom.
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Thu 14 February 2002
Wed 13 February 2002
Bremner plans movie
13/02/2002 … Rory Bremner wants to make a movie, using his impersonatiions stars and politicians for all the leading roles.
Tue 12 February 2002
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.
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.