Little Britain's a ratings smash
20/10/2004 … The new series of Little Britain has smashed BBC3’s ratings record.
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Wed 20 October 2004
Tue 19 October 2004
Comedy on demand
New stand-up show for HomeChoice
19/10/2004 … TV-on-demand service HomeChoice is to make its own stand-up programme.
Scot's missed
19/10/2004 … Matt Lucas and David Walliams have dropped one of their Little Britain characters – after they ran out of money.
Mon 18 October 2004
Borat's 'not racist'
Ali G creator cleared by watchdogs
18/10/2004 … Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen has escaped censure over accusations his Kazakhstani journalist character Borat is racist.
Cooking up a treat
18/10/2004 … Previously unheard Peter Cook material is to be aired in a new Radio 4 archive series.
A bigger Nest
18/10/2004 … One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest has extended its West End run for four weeks.
Sun 17 October 2004
Cho business
Outspoken US comic heads for London
17/10/2004 … Outspoken American stand-up Margaret Cho is heading to the West End for her first London run.
Thu 14 October 2004
Copp out
David evicted from Kings Of Comedy
14/10/2004 … David Copperfield has become the third and final comic to be evicted from E4’s Kings Of Comedy house.