BBC boosts comedy team
14/03/2002 … The BBC has poached Sky TV's comedy supremo Mark Freeland in a bid to get shows on screen quicker.
Thu 14 March 2002
Wed 13 March 2002
Making a good impression
13/03/2002 … Ronni Ancona has been named best new TV talent.
Free South Africa
Comedy fest tickets up for grabs
13/03/2002 … London's Riverside Studios is currently hosting Britain's first South African Comedy Festival - and Chortle has four pairs of tickets to give away.
Helen Austin – Original Review
13/03/2002 … A sickeningly talented singer and musician, Austin is an enjoyable act, if not as sharp with her material - rude rewrites of popular songs - as she could be.
Tue 12 March 2002
It shouldn't happen to a vent
The weird life of a voice comic
12/03/2002 … Ventriloquism has been around since around the sixth century BC - but some people still don't have the hang of it.
Mon 11 March 2002
Seinfeld's £1m garage
To house his precious Porsches
11/03/2002 … Jerry Seinfeld is building a garage near his Manhattan home at a cost of £1million.
Comedy films in crisis
11/03/2002 … The British Film industry says it is in desperate need of comedy ideas.
All about ratings
Carrott/Syal sitcom reels 'em in
11/03/2002 … The new Meera Syal and Jasper Carrott sitcom All About Me attracted a healthy 6.