Drop the dead ideas
06/01/2004 … Leading comedy writer Andy Hamilton says he won't be writing for BBC1 any more because it is obsessed with short-term ratings at the expense of developing good…
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Tue 06 January 2004
Davies to sue over wedding reports
Rumours branded 'totally inaccurate'
06/01/2004 … Alan Davies is to sue over reports he secretly married Julia Sawalha over the new year.
It's just too funny...
Club forced to shut as laughter is too loud
06/01/2004 … A small south London comedy club has been forced to close after neighbours complained about the volume of laughter it created.
Sun 04 January 2004
BBC scoops top US sitcom
Arrested Development comes to UK
04/01/2004 … The BBC has brought the rights to air hit American sitcom Arrested Development this autumn.
Aussie comic Gibson dies
04/01/2004 … Australian comedian Lynda Gibson has died after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer.
Sat 03 January 2004
I'm free!
Skinner to get Black Country honour
03/01/2004 … Frank Skinner is to be granted the freedom of his home borough.
Monkhouse mourned
Private family funeral for Bob
03/01/2004 … Bob Monkhouse has been cremated after a private family funeral.
Jim's benefit for slain PC
Davidson gig to raise cash for widow
03/01/2004 … Jim Davidson is to hold a benefit gig for the widow of murdered police officer PC Ian Broadhurst.