TV needs new ideas
26/01/2003 … Channel 4 is looking for ideas for its next season of the Comedy Lab.
Sun 26 January 2003
Vic gets hitched
Reeves weds former club dancer
26/01/2003 … Vic Reeves has married former nightclub dancer Nancy Sorrell in front of 200 friends and family Guests, who had been asked to wear white, were said to include Johnny…
Sat 25 January 2003
A price on Saddam's head
Comic's dictator puppet is stolen
25/01/2003 … Saddam Hussein has been abducted from the set of BBC2's new stand-up show Someone made off with a puppet of the Iraqi leader belonging to Dara O'Briain, pictured,…
© Adam Ethan Crow John Fothergill – Original Review
25/01/2003 … With his blend of cocky insults and slick banter, Fothergill has the experience to know how to command an audience.
Thu 23 January 2003
Beeb gets new comedy chief
Royle Family honcho jumps ship
23/01/2003 … The producer of The Royal Family has joined the BBC to oversee a raft of new comedy shows.
Foreign Office success
US critics rave over Gervais sitcom
23/01/2003 … Americans have had their first glimpse of The Office - and like what they see.
Cleese defends his reputation
Comic demands damages over article
23/01/2003 … John Cleese has launched a High Court bid for damages over an article that claimed his career was on the slide.
A wizard role
Tavare lands Harry Potter part
23/01/2003 … Jim Tavare has landed a part in the next Harry Potter film.