'Comedy police' target Norton
26/05/2003 … Graham Norton's came face-to-face with a bogus terrorist during his performance at a charity gig last night.
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Mon 26 May 2003
Sun 25 May 2003
More Jerry Springer moments
25/05/2003 … Jerry Springer - The Opera has added another 24 shows to its National Theatre run.
Sat 24 May 2003
The real sitcom story
BBC1 to examine comedy classics
24/05/2003 … The BBC is again plundering its archives for a new series about British sitcoms.
Thu 22 May 2003
Billy's the best
Connolly tops favourite comic poll
22/05/2003 … Billy Connolly has been named Britain's favourite comedian.
Wed 21 May 2003
The write deal
Stand-up Watson pens two novels
21/05/2003 … Stand-up Mark Watson has signed a two-book deal with publishing giant Random House.
Consider the Lily...
21/05/2003 … Lily Tomlin has won this year's Mark Twain Prize for American humour.
Brits abroad...
Montreal announces festival line-up
21/05/2003 … Lee Mack, Sean Meo and Jimmy Carr will be rubbing shoulders with the likes of Bill Cosby, Carl Reiner and Emo Philips at the Montreal comedy festival.
Lenny fans seek pardon
Posthumous bid to clear Bruce's name
21/05/2003 … Fans of pioneering stand-up Lenny Bruce are demanding his posthumous pardon over obscenity charges.