Out of this world
12/09/2001 … Dawn French is to star as a tourist information officer who falls in love with an alien in a new romantic comedy.
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Wed 12 September 2001
Savage beating
Lily creator punches drunk lout
12/09/2001 … Lily Savage creator Paul O'Grady punched a drunken party-goer who was pestering Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw, it has been reported.
Show must go on
Clubs vow 'business as normal'
12/09/2001 … British comedy clubs are mainly continuing as normal in the wake of yesterday's tragic acts of terrorism.
Perrier goes to town
12/09/2001 … Details of the Perrier Pick of the Fringe London showcases have been announced.
BBC3 vetoed
12/09/2001 … Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has rejected plans to relaunch BBC Choice as BBC3.
Crisp denial
12/09/2001 … Lee Evans has turned down a £600,000 deal to advertise crisps.
Frasier creator dies in terror attack
12/09/2001 … One of the creators of the hit sitcom Frasier was killed in yesterday's terrorist attack.
'My drinking put kids at risk'
12/09/2001 … American comic Paula Poundstone has admitted that her drinking put children at risk.