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.
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Thu 07 March 2002
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…
Billy's book of the year
06/03/2002 … Pamela Stevenson's biography of husband Billy Connolly has been named book of the year.
Tue 05 March 2002
Miserable life of a comic
05/03/2002 … Comedians are not naturally happy, Jack Dee has claimed, as he admits he is prone to bouts of depression.
Talent hunt host named
Tonkinson to front Take The Mike
05/03/2002 … Paul Tonkinson has been named as the host of the new series of ITV's stand-up talent show Take The Mike.