Toilet humour
Steptoe's gay haunt becomes comedy club
05/12/2002 … The toilets where Steptoe and Son star Wilfred Brambell was caught cottaging is to be turned into a comedy club.
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Thu 05 December 2002
Kay angers gypsies
'Would he say the same about black people?'
05/12/2002 … Peter Kay has offended gypsies by using offensive terms in his stand-up show.
Noble prize winner
Ross scoops two more accolades
05/12/2002 … Ross Noble has won two more stand-up awards.
Wed 04 December 2002
Partridge 'as bad as terrorism'
Norfolk gets even angrier with Coogan
04/12/2002 … Spoofs like Alan Partridge can do 'as much damage as a terrorist bomb', a Norfolk academic has claimed.
Scots invade England
Live Floor Show goes nationwide
04/12/2002 … Scottish stand-up showcase The Live Floor Show is to get a nationwide audience from next month.
And on that bombshell...
Coogan calls time on Partridge
04/12/2002 … Steve Coogan says he won't be making another series of I'm Alan Partridge.
Jerry! Jerry!
Springer opera to open in London
04/12/2002 … The comic opera based on Jerry Springer is to make its full-scale theatrical debut on London's South Bank.
Tue 03 December 2002
Zodiac mindwarp
How astrology shaped Sellers' life
03/12/2002 … Peter Sellers turned to the paranormal to help him get through his turbulent life, a new Channel 4 documentary is to claim.