ITV comedy hunt returns
Take The Mike seeks contestants
22/10/2002 … ITV1 has commissioned a third series of stand-up talent hunt Take The Mike.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 22 October 2002
Best of the Leics fest
22/10/2002 … Harry Hill, Ed Byrne, Daniel Kitson and Richard Herring are among the 140 shows planned for next year's Leicester Comedy Festival.
Mon 21 October 2002
Vegas joins burning debate
Johnny backs firefighters' strike
21/10/2002 … Johnny Vegas has pledged his support for the firefighters' pay claim, making an impromptu appearance at a union seminar.
Special Kay
21/10/2002 … Demand for Peter Kay tickets has been so high that it crashed the computerised booking system dealing with it.
Ich sage, Ich sage, Ich sage
Germany imports British stand-up
21/10/2002 … The Comedy Store is expanding to Berlin.
Our gay secret
Men Behaving Badly was 'homoerotic'
21/10/2002 … It may come as a surprise to fans, but Men Behaving Badly had a strong gay undertone, according to its creator.
Sun 20 October 2002
Good morning, Afghanistan
20/10/2002 … Robin Williams has been entertaining American troops at Afghanistan's Bagram airbase.