A kick in the ballots
Comedy Terrorist stands for election
03/09/2003 … Comedy Terrorist Aaron Barschak is to fight the Brent East by-election later this month.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 03 September 2003
Mrs Overall: The Musical
Acorn Antiques heads for West End
03/09/2003 … Victoria Wood's soap parody Acorn Antiques is to be turned into a West End musical.
Tue 02 September 2003
Frank goes to Hollywood
Oscar bid for Father Ted star's film
02/09/2003 … A short film starring Father Ted's Frank Kelly has won a place in a Los Angeles film festival.
Mon 01 September 2003
Show me the funny...
Comedy's oldest talent quest returns
01/09/2003 … Comedy's oldest new talent contest has opened for entries for 2004.
Extra Sexie
Izzard adds new dates for DVD filming
01/09/2003 … Eddie Izzard has announced three more British dates in his Sexie tour.
Guide's new instalments
01/09/2003 … The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy could be returning to Radio 4, a quarter of a century after it first aired.
Edinburgh heads south
Best of the fest goes to London
01/09/2003 … Some of the hottest comedy shows from the Edinburgh festival are to run in the West End.
A funny old place...
Search for UK's comedy capital
01/09/2003 … Chortle has joined forces with men's magazine Loaded to find Britain's funniest towns.