
BBC profits from comedy
...and The Office is the top-seller. Fact
15/07/2003 … Comedy shows have proved a cash cow for the BBC, according to its annual report.
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...and The Office is the top-seller. Fact
15/07/2003 … Comedy shows have proved a cash cow for the BBC, according to its annual report.
200 comics on record-breaking bill
15/07/2003 … Up to 200 comics are to make a record-breaking bid to get the most number of stand-ups on one bill.
14/07/2003 … Dom Joly has been mugged by a child who taunted him with his own catchphrases.
Barschak charged over art attack
14/07/2003 … Comedy terrorist Aaron Barschak has appeared in court on charges of deliberately damaging a painting.
Sitcom blamed for prisons crisis
14/07/2003 … The root cause of Britain's decaying, overcrowded prison system has finally been found: Ronnie Barker's sitcom Porridge.
14/07/2003 … Angus Deayton is to return to the BBC a year after he was sacked from Have I Got News for You.
Police drop Comedy Terrorist's charges
14/07/2003 … Comedy terrorist Aaron Barschak will not face any criminal charges after gatecrashing Prince William's 21st birthday party.
Comic hunts for spoof newspapers
14/07/2003 … Ken Dodd has launched an appeal to track down copies of a spoof newspaper which he enjoyed as a child.
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