King of the Beeb
Lawrence takes BBC new comic title
14/12/2004 … Andrew Lawrence has been named as the best new comedian in the country after scooping the BBC’s annual stand-up competition.
Tue 14 December 2004
Chaplin's cane sold
14/12/2004 … The cane Charlie Chaplin twirled in the 1936 silent comedy Modern Times has been sold for £47,800.
Auntie's favourites
Review: BBC New Comedy Final 2004
14/12/2004 … Though relegated from TV to radio, and digital radio at that, this year’s BBC New Comedy final still offered one of the more consistently strong line-ups…
Mon 13 December 2004
Unfinished business
New BBC3 sitcom writing challenge
13/12/2004 … Some of Britain’s top comedy writers have created new BBC sitcoms – but it will be down to viewers to finish their scripts.
The lone Lee road
13/12/2004 … Stewart Lee is to embark on his first solo UK tour, after more than 15 years in comedy.
Pam's laughable
13/12/2004 … Pamela Anderson is set to star in her own sitcom.
'Little' is larger
Little Britain adds 1.7m viewers
13/12/2004 … Little Britain has added almost two million extra viewers following the end of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.
Sued over Sellers
Wrangle over home movie footage
13/12/2004 … The estate of Peter Sellers is reportedly suing the BBC over the rights to intimate home movie footage of the actor.