Cleese defends his reputation
Comic demands damages over article
23/01/2003 … John Cleese has launched a High Court bid for damages over an article that claimed his career was on the slide.
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Thu 23 January 2003
A wizard role
Tavare lands Harry Potter part
23/01/2003 … Jim Tavare has landed a part in the next Harry Potter film.
Goodnight, Seattle
23/01/2003 … Johnny Vegas, Mark Thomas, Ed Byrne, Frank Carson and Doug Stanhope will all appear in Scotland's first festival dedicated purely to comedy.
Glasgow-ho-ho
Scotland's first all-comedy festival
23/01/2003 … Johnny Vegas, Mark Thomas, Ed Byrne, Frank Carson and Doug Stanhope will all appear in Scotland's first festival dedicated purely to comedy.
Ab Fab's coming back
Saunders agrees to fifth series
23/01/2003 … Absolutely Fabulous is set to return following the success of the Christmas special.
Best of Three
Coogan and Joly head BBC3 line-up
23/01/2003 … Steve Coogan, Dom Joly and Johnny Vaughan will all feature in the schedules of BBC's new digital channel BBC3 when it launches on February 9.
Quickfire comedy
Comic's quips defeat armed raiders
23/01/2003 … An Albanian comedian escaped a gunpoint robbery by cracking jokes with the raiders.
Wed 22 January 2003
Celebrity Squares is back
Comics help revive 70s gameshow
22/01/2003 … Channel 5 is considering reviving Seventies gameshow Celebrity Squares.