Faulty Fawlty
10/09/2001 … The BBC is to release both series of Fawlty Towers on DVD, including some previously unseen outtakes.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 10 September 2001
Fri 07 September 2001
Davidson's £5k Tory gift
07/09/2001 … Jim Davidson has donated £5,000 to Iain Duncan Smith's Tory leadership campaign.
Lumley's new comedy
Joanna stars in dark monologues
07/09/2001 … Joanna Lumley is to star in her own BBC2 comedy series.
Heeere's Johnny
07/09/2001 … Johnny Vegas's gameshow has been commissioned by BBC Choice.
Thu 06 September 2001
From Persia with Love
06/09/2001 … Omid Djalili has announced two full-length shows at London's Bloomsbury Theatre.
Now computers can write jokes
Hunt is on for UK's funniest gag
06/09/2001 … Scientists have created a computer program to write jokes as part of a search for Britain's funniest gag.
Victoria Wood's extra dates
06/09/2001 … Victoria Wood has added two more London dates to her current UK tour.
Brass Eye: The verdicts
06/09/2001 … Broadcasting watchdogs have criticised some aspects of the controversial Brass Eye satire about paedophilia Both the Broadcasting Standards Commission and the Independent…