Carlin in rehab
'I use too much wine and drugs'
28/12/2004 … Veteran American stand-up George Carlin has checked himself into rehab to treat a drink and drug problem.
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Tue 28 December 2004
Mon 27 December 2004
More bovver
Second series for Catherine Tate
27/12/2004 … Catherine Tate’s sketch show has been recommissioned for a second series.
Fri 24 December 2004
Playing drunk
Vegas to star in Dickens drama
24/12/2004 … Johnny Vegas is to star in a TV adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House.
Thu 23 December 2004
A Store of memories
BBC1 documents Comedy Store rise
23/12/2004 … BBC1 is to screen an hour-long documentary about the 25-year history of the Comedy Store.
Bart's Bard
23/12/2004 … Ricky Gervais is to write an episode of The Simpsons.
Missing millions
Comedy awards lose ratings battle
23/12/2004 … The British Comedy Awards were trounced in the ratings by BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing.
Wed 22 December 2004
And the winners are...
Little Britain triumphs at awards
22/12/2004 … The Office has officially passed the comedy torch to Little Britain, after Matt Lucas and David Walliams picked up three British Comedy Awards.
We're not joking
Comedians threaten strike action
22/12/2004 … New York’s comedy clubs are bracing themselves for strike action – by the stand-ups themselves.