Row hits Only Fools plot
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire scene ditched
21/11/2001 … Plans to show Del Boy competing in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in a Christmas Only Fools And Horses special have been scrapped in a row between BBC and ITV.
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Wed 21 November 2001
Smiley cultures
BBC showcases black and Asian comics
21/11/2001 … Black and Asian stand-ups are to be showcased in a BBC2 show next month.
The booze talking
Comic's drink lecture for Radio 4
21/11/2001 … Kevin Hayes's Edinburgh show The Devil's Drop is being made into a Radio 4 show.
Tue 20 November 2001
Norton wins Emmy
20/11/2001 … Graham Norton has won an International Emmy for his Channel 4 chat show.
Going, going...
20/11/2001 … Viewers are deserting BBC2's new comedy line-up in their droves, with every show losing more than a quarter of their audience from last week.
Chubby spammer
Fans bombarded with junk emails
20/11/2001 … Roy Cubby Brown fans have been bombarded with hundreds of junk emails after a virus infected his mailing list.
Prized job
Izzard to appear at theatre awards
20/11/2001 … Eddie Izzard, who is about to return to the West End stage, is to present a sought-after theatre comedy award The comic is to hand over the Best Comedy prize in…
Jack up
20/11/2001 … Jack Dee has added seven dates to his sold-out national tour - including a short run in London He was due to end his dates on December 16 in Croydon, but he will…