Janey unGodley
22/07/2004 … Scottish stand-up Janey Godley has provoked a storm of protest by encouraging people to ‘punch nuns for Jesus’.
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Thu 22 July 2004
Wed 21 July 2004
Just for lags
21/07/2004 … Mark Thomas is to perform to hundreds of inmates at Edinburgh’s Saughton prison when he visits the Fringe next month.
Tue 20 July 2004
Win your own show!
20/07/2004 … At least one comic is guaranteed to land a TV deal at the Just For Laughs festival.
The cycle of life...
20/07/2004 … The three-seater ‘trandem’ bike ridden by The Goodies has been brought out of retirement to promote an Edinburgh show.
Mon 19 July 2004
Pryor motives
19/07/2004 … Richard Pryor’s daughter Rain has savaged her stepmother in print, hinting that she was trying to speed up the comic legend’s death.
Go, Ricky
Gervais toasted by critics. Again
19/07/2004 … Ricky Gervais has scooped yet another award from America.
Sheffield of dreams...
Festival planned for South Yorks
19/07/2004 … Sheffield is to join the growing band of British cities with their own comedy festival.