O'Grady back home
Savage creator recovering well
27/04/2002 … Lily Savage creator Paul O'Grady has left hospital after treatment for his heart attack.
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Sat 27 April 2002
Thu 25 April 2002
A stage he's going to...
Gervais works on stand-up show
25/04/2002 … Ricky Gervais is working on his first full-length stand-up show.
Frank's gone soft
Autobiography out in paperback
25/04/2002 … Frank Skinner's autobiography is to be published in paperback next week.
Rapped
Radio 1 slammed over Ali G outburst
25/04/2002 … Watchdogs have slammed Radio 1 over Ali G's four-letter outburst on Sara Cox's breakfast show.
A breath of fresh air...
Dodd and Vegas in outdoor gigs
25/04/2002 … Ken Dodd, Johnny Vegas and the Comedy Store Players will all perform outdoor gigs in Regent's Park this summer.
Ali loses his cool
25/04/2002 … Ali G has been dropped from an advertising campaign - because he isn't cool enough.
Toilet humour blasted
25/04/2002 … The Sketch Show has been officially criticised because a gag set in a public urinal was screened at tea time.
Wed 24 April 2002
Sound idea
24/04/2002 … Greg Proops is to front a new radio quiz show based around sound effects.