You've been quangoed....
Thomas exposes Establishment 'rot'
19/04/2002 … Mark Thomas has appeared before a Commons inquiry to attack public bodies as "rotten to the core".
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Fri 19 April 2002
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Only me... doing a sitcom
18/04/2002 … Harry Enfield is to star in a new BBC sitcom, based on the Private Eye cartoon celeb.
It's Partridge season
BBC2 to rerun his entire output
18/04/2002 … BBC 2 is to air a season of programmes featuring hapless TV host Alan Partridge in the run-up to his new series.
Fringe first
The Stand launches its line-up
18/04/2002 … The Stand has become the first Edinburgh venue to launch its fringe programme.
Diller quits stand-up
18/04/2002 … Phyllis Diller is ending her stand-up comedy career - after 47 years.
Comedy code
Hunt on for funny new web ideas
18/04/2002 … Channel 4 is giving aspiring comedy writers the chance to have their ideas made into a website.
Banzai sold to Japan
Will it work? Place bet NOW!!!!!
18/04/2002 … Banzai, the show that parodies Japanese TV, has been sold - to Japan.