Is it coz I is Ali?
Distributor's anger over ad ban
07/03/2002 … The company behind Ali G's latest film has hit out at advertising watchdogs who want to veto its trailers.
Thu 07 March 2002
Julia's new sitcom
ITV launch Clare in the Community
07/03/2002 … Julia Sawalha is to star as a social worker in a new ITV sitcom.
BBC launches talent hunt
For sitcom writers and sketch actors
07/03/2002 … The BBC has launched a hunt for new sitcom writers and sketch performers.
Wed 06 March 2002
Comedy down the Tube
06/03/2002 … Tube travellers will be entertained by comedians as part of this year's London Comedy Festival.
Hope for the future
06/03/2002 … Bob Hope has donated $1 million to help build an archive of comedy performances.
Rivers of hate
'I didn't say **** peace, I said **** Muslims...'
06/03/2002 … Joan Rivers is threatening to sue makers of a new film about the aftermath of September 11 which alleged she said: "**** world peace" - claiming she actually…
Billy's book of the year
06/03/2002 … Pamela Stevenson's biography of husband Billy Connolly has been named book of the year.
Tue 05 March 2002
Miserable life of a comic
05/03/2002 … Comedians are not naturally happy, Jack Dee has claimed, as he admits he is prone to bouts of depression.