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1. 1. Partridge up for comedy awards

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 12 November 2003 I'M Alan Partridge leads the nominations at this year's British Comedy Awards.

2. 2. Laughter lessons for comedy kids

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 November 2003 “WE thought that school kids, particularly adolescents, would benefit from the increased sense of self confidence you feel after going up on stage. We hoped that afterwards they'd all feel much happier in themselves and have a more positive outlook on things,” says Ian Fox, of the comedy workshops he ran for teenagers during the recent comedy festival.

3. 3. Mace the ace a king of comedy

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 03 November 2003 FORMER street theatre performer Seymour Mace beat the challenges of seven other acts at the packed Comedy Store to be named City Life North West Comedian of the Year.

4. 4. Now booking! Comedy

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 November 2003 comedy booking

5. 5. Best in stand up @ The Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 03 November 2003 IT MAY have been the second weekend of the Manchester comedy festival, but the crowd down at the Comedy Store on Saturday night were the usual beery lot.

6. 6. British Comedy Awards: The nominations

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 12 November 2003 Check out the full list of nominations here.

7. 7. Comedy charity

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 November 2003 COMEDIANS are suckers for a good cause. Give them a charity to raise money for and they’ll be there, cracking jokes for nothing but a bag of scratchings.

8. 8. Modest winner

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 13 November 2003 “I’M very chuffed,” says Toby Hadoke, comedian and promoter of XSMalarkey comedy club, about his winning of the inaugural Les Award for services to comedy.

9. 9. A winner regardless

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 November 2003 IN the run-up to the heats of this year's City Life North West Comedian of the Year competition, there was much talk on the local comedy circuit that comedy musician Steve Shanyaski would be amongst the favourites.

10. 10. How Sean constructed his career

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 07 November 2003 SHARP-dressed comedian Sean Lock, who specialises in dry absurdist comic surrealism and witty wordplay, has been one of the staples of the British comedy scene for the best part of a decade.

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