Nothing to laugh about...
Comedy festival comes a cropper
06/09/2003 … A British comedy festival has hit disaster, cancelling most of its shows and losing its headliner to illness.
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Sat 06 September 2003
Laughter's a drug
Coogan to host West End benefit
06/09/2003 … Steve Coogan is to revive Paul and Pauline Calf for a charity gig in London's West End.
Fri 05 September 2003
Cullen lands Producers role
05/09/2003 … Sean Cullen is to star in the Canadian stage version of The Producers.
Woody eyes Perrier winner
Martin auditions for movie role
05/09/2003 … Perrier-winner Demetri Martin has auditioned for a role in the next Woody Allen movie.
Tate exhibits her talents
Comic actress lands BBC2 series
05/09/2003 … Catherine Tate is to star in her own six-part BBC2 series.
No Seaman and Garfunkel...
05/09/2003 … David Seaman was furious after being caught out by a hidden camera TV show, and has blocked his clip from being shown.
Wed 03 September 2003
Sales slide at Jongleurs
But chain still takes £28m a year
03/09/2003 … Jongleurs owners Regent Inns have announced that its profits fell almost 13 per cent over the last year.
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.