Racist jokes 'are OK'
Blacks, Muslims and gays deemed fair targets
28/02/2004 … Most Britons still think it's perfectly acceptable to joke about blacks, Muslims or gay people.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 28 February 2004
Attaboy, Aterman
Canuk comic takes Hackney crown
28/02/2004 … Canadian actor Peter Aterman has won this year's Hackney Empire new act final.
Hughes ready for a pint?
Sean takes his tiny audience out for beer
28/02/2004 … Sean Hughes took his entire audience out for a pint when only 25 people turned up to see him.
Thu 26 February 2004
We're spitting!
Kay fans hit out at 'over-rated' tag
26/02/2004 … Peter Kay's fans and colleagues have hit back at a Chortle poll that named him the most over-rated comic around.
Non-blonde ambition
26/02/2004 … Lenny Henry has signed up the stars of 3 Non-Blondes to appear in his next BBC1 show.
Jen up on stand-up
Telly host's bid to conquer comedy
26/02/2004 … TV presenter Jenny Powell is to attempt to become a stand-up comic for a new ITV series.
Kay for t'elly
Peter's stand-up to get C4 airing
26/02/2004 … Channel 4 is to broadcast Peter Kay's stand-up show this summer.
Wed 25 February 2004
Dawson's peek
25/02/2004 … Les Dawson's previously unseen diaries are to be revealed in a TV show this spring.