Win your own show!
20/07/2004 … At least one comic is guaranteed to land a TV deal at the Just For Laughs festival.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 20 July 2004
The cycle of life...
20/07/2004 … The three-seater ‘trandem’ bike ridden by The Goodies has been brought out of retirement to promote an Edinburgh show.
Mon 19 July 2004
Sheffield of dreams...
Festival planned for South Yorks
19/07/2004 … Sheffield is to join the growing band of British cities with their own comedy festival.
Go, Ricky
Gervais toasted by critics. Again
19/07/2004 … Ricky Gervais has scooped yet another award from America.
Pryor motives
19/07/2004 … Richard Pryor’s daughter Rain has savaged her stepmother in print, hinting that she was trying to speed up the comic legend’s death.
Sat 17 July 2004
Racism row hits festival
17/07/2004 … Festival bosses have been forced to defend their decision to book a controversial French comic accused of anti-Semitism.
Comedy? Forget it
Viewers can't recall great BBC comedies
17/07/2004 … BBC governors have praised the corporation’s comedy programming – even though viewers are hard-pressed to remember any of it.
Brent joins Oasis?
Ricky records with Noel Gallagher
17/07/2004 … Ricky Gervais has recorded a version of a song he wrote for The Office with Oasis star Noel Gallagher.