Comedy

Mel and Sue prepare new characters for live tour
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins have promised that their forthcoming live show will feature a host of new comic characters.
17:03 Thursday 13th September 2001

Scientists team up to write comedy play about oxygen
Two pioneering scientists have joined forces to write a comedy play about the "discovery" of oxygen.
14:02 Thursday 13th September 2001

Dawn French set for new alien comedy series
Dawn French looks set to star in a new comedy series in which she falls in love with an alien.
11:19 Thursday 13th September 2001

Paula Poundstone pleads no contest to endangering children
American comedian Paula Poundstone has pleaded no contest to charges of child endangerment and inflicting injury on a child.
10:41 Thursday 13th September 2001

Garth Merenghi to appear at Pick of the Fringe season in London
Perrier award winner Garth Merenghi is to take part in a Pick of the Fringe season in London.
13:06 Wednesday 12th September 2001

Morecambe and Wise play to take over from Art
A Morecambe and Wise tribute show is to open at the Wyndham's Theatre in the West End on November 5.
11:26 Wednesday 12th September 2001

Bill Hicks compilation features comic's best routines
A new compilation of Bill Hicks routines is to be released.
11:03 Wednesday 12th September 2001

US Armed Forces to honour Bob Hope with £7m statue
Bob Hope is to be honoured with a monument being funded by veterans of the US Armed Forces.
11:08 Tuesday 11th September 2001

Comics prepare to tour UK together
Frank Carson, Duncan Norvelle, Norman Collier and Jimmy Cricket are embarking on a national tour together.
15:56 Monday 10th September 2001

Celebrity guests to feature in Morecambe and Wise tribute
A different celebrity guest will appear each night in The Play What I Wrote, the Morecambe and Wise tribute show.
13:22 Monday 10th September 2001

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