Fortysomething crisis
Show axed from prime-time slot
09/07/2003 … ITV chiefs are dumping Hugh Laurie's new comedy-drama Fortysomething from its prime-time slot.
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Wed 09 July 2003
Niles ahead
09/07/2003 … Frasier star Kelsey Grammer has raised the possibility of a spin-off from the long-running sitcom.
The comedy pirate
Unlicenced radio station launches
09/07/2003 … A pirate radio station has been launched, broadcasting comedy five nights a week.
Another fine mess...
Will Frank really play Stan Laurel?
09/07/2003 … Frank Skinner has been approached to play Stan Laurel on the London stage.
Tue 08 July 2003
Double or nothing?
New award for comic partnerships
08/07/2003 … Another comedy award is to be launched at the Edinburgh fringe - but the winners won't be receiving a penny in prize money.
Nowt so funny as folk
Spoof singer scoops Funny Women title
08/07/2003 … Character comic Sarah Davies has won the first Babycham Funny Women competition.
This law's no joke...
Drivers sentenced to endure dodgy stand-up
08/07/2003 … Drivers who pick up traffic tickets in California are being sentenced to an unusual punishment - eight hours listening to a stand-up comic.
Ladies' Night
Review: Babycham Funny Women final
08/07/2003 … A generation after 'alternative' comedy exploded onto the scene, with its crusading agenda of banishing sexism from comedy, female stand-ups remain hugely outnumbered…