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1. 1. A true comedy enthusiast

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 August 2004 FOR Darwen born comedian Mick Davies, his thirst for comedy was cultivated from a very early age then when a comedy club opened in nearby Blackburn in the early eighties he couldn't resist seeing the comedians he admired live.

2. 2. Big Value Comedy @ The Edinburgh Festival

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 31 August 2004 THE ANNUAL Big Value showcase of comedy at the Caf' Royal this year may as well been named the 'Best of Manchester'.

3. 3. Edinburgh Fringe 2004

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 August 2004 MARISSA Burgess takes a look at the Manchester comedy acts at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.

4. 4. City Life Comedian of the Year 2004

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 06 August 2004 FORGET the So You Think You're Funnies and the BBC New Comedy Awards of the comedy world, the best talent spotting competition is closer to home, well to Manchester anyway, and is the City Life Comedian of the Year.

5. 5. The Trivial Pursuits of Martin Mor @ Edinburgh Festival

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 16 August 2004 COMING up with a gimmick for the Edinburgh festival can be a tricky business. With so many shows - comedy terrorists, stand up that lasts a full 24 hours, shows performed in cars - all vying for attention; it's difficult to find your own unique slant.

6. 6. Fats Waller - Handful Of Keys (Proper Records)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 August 2004 WALLER's flair for comedy often obscured his phenomenal musical talent and inner longing to be taken seriously as a pianist and composer.

7. 7. Comic book Chris

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 August 2004 COMEDIAN and comic book fan Chris Cairns talks to Marissa Burgess.

8. 8. Innocent crim

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 14 August 2004 RODNEY Marques is sitting in a flat in Edinburgh with a butty, a coffee and his first cigarette of the day remembering the last time he was in the city. It was during last year's festival and he was in Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny competition.

9. 9. Here's Johnny!

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 August 2004 AS if the incessant rain hasn't been enough to take recently, a cast from Windy City is set to blow into Manchester next week and how.

10. 10. The man they (used to) call the human anvil

    Manchester Evening News, Sunday 22 August 2004 IN HIS Edinburgh show, Bingo Nanna's and other forms of Terrorism, Springstien tells a story where as a child he receives a taunting at the hands of his mother and other relatives.

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