Norton wins Emmy
20/11/2001 … Graham Norton has won an International Emmy for his Channel 4 chat show.
2001 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
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.
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…
Mon 19 November 2001
New Hitch Hiker's Guide due
19/11/2001 … The sixth instalment in Douglas Adams's Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series is to be published next year His unfinished novel A Salmon of Doubt has been recovered…
Win Lee Evans videos
19/11/2001 … The entire run of Lee Evans's sitcom So What Now? has been released on DVD and video.
Fri 16 November 2001
Friends reunited?
Cast 'to stay together for series 9'
16/11/2001 … Friends could run for another series after all, because its stars' movie careers have failed to take off.
Enright named top female comic
Irene Pink wins newcomers' title
16/11/2001 … Jo Enright and Irene Pink have both won accolades in competitions designed to showcase female comedy talent.
British Comedy Awards 2001
16/11/2001 … The nominees in this year's British Comedy Awards - the 12th - have been announced.