You rotten swines...
Spike's son to expose family split
02/08/2003 … Spike Milligan's illegitimate son James is threatening to widen the rift with the rest of the comic's family with a controversial new book.
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Sat 02 August 2003
Fri 01 August 2003
A snip at £1,000
Cooper's guillotine is auctioned off
01/08/2003 … An original guillotine that Tommy Cooper once used in his act is being auctioned on eBay.
Thu 31 July 2003
More tests on Dodd's stalker
Court extends psychiatric order
31/07/2003 … Ken Dodd's stalker has been ordered to remain in hospital for psychiatric assessment.
Wed 30 July 2003
Bob Hope laid to rest
Comic has quiet family funeral
30/07/2003 … Bob Hope has been buried in a quiet family funeral in Los Angeles.
Fry's with everything
Stephen heads BBC2's comedy line-up
30/07/2003 … Stephen Fry is to return to BBC2 in two new comedy shows this autumn.
America seeks Savages
30/07/2003 … BBC1 sitcom The Savages is to join the growing list of British comedies remade for American audiences.
Tue 29 July 2003
Black comedy
29/07/2003 … The BBC has signed up some of Britain's leading black comedy actors for a new late-night sitcom.
Smashed in Edinburgh
Fringe comic breaks his wrists
29/07/2003 … Aussie comic Mickey D has broken both wrists - just six days before the start of his Edinburgh Fringe show.