Carr goes far
29/06/2001 … Alan Carr has won the latest BBC New Comedy Award semi-final.
2001 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 29 June 2001
Black humour
NY plans urban comedy festival
29/06/2001 … New York is to get a $1million+ black comedy festival.
Thu 28 June 2001
Comic on child abuse rap
28/06/2001 … An American stand-up comic has been arrested on child abuse charges.
Jerry Seins off
Sky finally shows last episode
28/06/2001 … Sky One is finally going to screen the last ever Seinfeld episode.
Cohen for a song
28/06/2001 … Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen is transferring to radio.
Getting away with it
No rap for Norton's sex site stunt
28/06/2001 … Graham Norton has escaped censure after visiting a website apparently showing a woman playing a musical instrument with her vagina.
Joan Sims dies
28/06/2001 … Carry On star Joan Sims has died at the age of 71.