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.
2001 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 21 November 2001
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.
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
From Fast Show to quiz show
20/11/2001 … Fast Show star Charlie Higson is to host a new comedy quiz.
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.
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…
Norton wins Emmy
20/11/2001 … Graham Norton has won an International Emmy for his Channel 4 chat show.
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.