Driving a hard bargain
26/05/2004 … Rob Brydon has landed a six-figure book deal involving his lovelorn chauffeur Keith Barret.
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Wed 26 May 2004
Fringe 'shuns regional talent'
Comic slams venues and promoters
26/05/2004 … A Manchester comic has blasted Edinburgh Fringe producers for shunning talent that doesn’t come from London.
Tue 25 May 2004
Be a Perrier judge
25/05/2004 … Perrier has launched its hunt for three punters to help judge the most coveted prize in comedy.
Mon 24 May 2004
Norton saved my life
Suicidal woman's debt to comic
24/05/2004 … A woman driven to the brink of suicide by grief has credited Graham Norton with saving her life.
Sat 22 May 2004
Spike gets stoned
Milligan's grave finally marked
22/05/2004 … Spike Milligan has finally got his headstone reading; “I told you I was ill” Since he died in February 2002, his grave in Winchelsea, East Sussex, has…
Fri 21 May 2004
BBC is Barret's home
Brydon's talk show to be a series
21/05/2004 … The BBC has picked up Rob Brydon's talk show in the guise of hapless chauffeur Keith Barret.
Thu 20 May 2004
Venue doesn't go Belly-up
Fringe building resolves safety fears
20/05/2004 … Fears that the Sminoff Underbelly was too unsafe to operate as an Edinburgh Fringe venue have been resolved.