The road worrier
18/11/2004 … Bill Bailey has revealed that he once quit comedy for a telesales job, because he was fed up with life on the road.
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Thu 18 November 2004
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BBC to screen uncut Springer opera
18/11/2004 … The BBC is to broadcast Jerry Springer: The Opera in its entirety in the new year.
Wed 17 November 2004
Pier pressure
17/11/2004 … Unfashionable comics like Jethro and Joe Pasquale are to have their own TV channel from the new year.
Flanimal magic!
17/11/2004 … Ricky Gervais is poised to sign a deal to make a major Hollywood movie based on his children’s book Flanimals.
Tue 16 November 2004
Let's rock!
16/11/2004 … The Office star Mackenzie Crook is developing a comedy set in the rock industry.
I'm no stand-up
... because they're not really comedians
16/11/2004 … Billy Connolly says he doesn’t like being called a stand-up – because he hates being associated with the comics who use the phrase.
Mon 15 November 2004
Chain gang
15/11/2004 … Comedians are to interview each other in a new chat show format for Radio 4.
Bigger than Bart
15/11/2004 … Peter Kay has proved more popular than The Simpsons.