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1. 1. Happy Families @ The Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 April 2005 WHY is it that when you go to an ordinary comedy night at the Store they aren't required to tell you where the fire exits are, yet if you're watching a recording of a radio show they have to point them out? Is Radio 4 comedy more flammable than regular stand up?

2. 2. Stand Up Thursdays @ The Comedy Store

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 08 April 2005 LAST night at the Store it was as if someone had decided to gather together a showcase of close-to-the-bone comedy.

3. 3. The top 50 comedy sketches in full

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 04 April 2005 Top 50 comedy sketches, as voted for by Channel 4 viewers.

4. 4. Comedy Of Errors @ The Lowry

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 April 2005 FEW mistakes here, as Northern Broadsides give another of their typically robust renditions of the Bard.

5. 5. Comedy duo cling to top spot

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 25 April 2005 SEVENTIES crooner Tony Christie and comic Peter Kay shocked pop pundits by holding on to the top spot in the new combined download and singles chart.

6. 6. Witty women

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 23 April 2005 'I THINK the statistics have always been the same, like the amount of women who did music hall, something like only 6 per cent,' ventures comedian Janice Connolly on the lack of women performing on the comedy circuit.

7. 7. Mike Wilkinson, Peter Von Natzmer, Matt Green, Pierre Hollins @ Frog and Bucket

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 15 April 2005 THE audience in the Frog last night weren't the quickest to get the gags. A fact that compere Tony Burgess cottoned on to pretty quickly - he's a clever bloke but his comedy isn't brain surgery. Still maybe they'd been on the ale for a bit before the gig.

8. 8. Richard Pryor Live ‘n’ Smokin’

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 24 April 2005 TO MANY Richard Pryor is best known for his Hollywood appearances opposite Gene Wilder. Highly amusing and enjoyed by huge amounts of people, nevertheless the Pryor that appeared in films such as Stir Crazy was a sanitised version of the stand-up revered on the comedy circuit.

9. 9. Little Britain's Lou and Andy top sketch poll

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 04 April 2005 A LITTLE Britain swimming pool sketch has been voted the all-time greatest in British comedy.

10. 10. Lee Evans hits Manchester

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 07 April 2005 COMEDY stand up Lee Evans is to come to Manchester this Autumn as part of his biggest ever tour.

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