Frasier creator honoured
Writer killed in Sept 11 outrage
26/02/2002 … Frasier co-creator David Angell, who died on September 11 aboard one of the hijacked planes that ploughed into the World Trade Centre, is to receive a posthumous…
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Tue 26 February 2002
Mon 25 February 2002
Khyber passed on...
25/02/2002 … Carry On Up The Khyber is to be exported to India.
Sorry start
25/02/2002 … Phill Jupitus says his first words on the BBC's new digital; radio station will be to apologise.
A bad Korea move?
25/02/2002 … American chat show host Jay Leno has sparked an international incident with a joke about the Winter Olympics.
Brief encounter
When lawyer Bob was mugged by a client
25/02/2002 … Bob Mortimer has told how he was once mugged by one of his legal clients.
Sun 24 February 2002
Your hero
24/02/2002 … Eddie Izzard has beaten the likes of John Cleese, Eric Morecambe and Tommy Cooper to head Chortle's poll of the funniest comedians of all time.
Sat 23 February 2002
Comedy thrives in poverty
Says millionaire Billy Connolly
23/02/2002 … Comedy goes down better when life is hard, according to Billy Connolly.
Izzard relishes Egg role
23/02/2002 … Eddie Izzard is to revive his role in A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg for the BBC.