Shock! Ricky fails to win award
08/05/2003 … Ricky Gervais has broken his award-winning streak, failing to scoop a top accolade for his radio show.
Thu 08 May 2003
Lloydy The Illegal Street Trader – Original Review
08/05/2003 … This loud, brash and one-dimensional character shouldn't really work, but he does.
Wed 07 May 2003
A happy medium
Fry lands clairvoyant role in Sellers biopic
07/05/2003 … Stephen Fry is to appear in a screen biography of Peter Sellers, playing his trusted clairvoyant.
Sex sells
US Coupling tipped for the top
07/05/2003 … The American version of Coupling is set to land a coveted prime-time slot, despite fears the content might be too risque for advertisers.
Turtley dead
London's oddest venue goes belly-up
07/05/2003 … One of London's toughest - and strangest - comedy nights is to close down.
London laughs
Comedy festival line-up launched
07/05/2003 … The London Comedy festival has officially launched this year's programme.
Tue 06 May 2003
Doomed! We're all doomed!
C4 boss sounds death knell for TV comedy
06/05/2003 … The government is gambling with the entire future of comedy on TV, the head of Channel 4 has claimed.
NBC drops Kumars remake
...but it quickly finds a new home
06/05/2003 … American network NBC has dropped its remake of the Kumars At Number 42.