“i wish i’d been in a comedy band!”

Lee Mack is Britain’s wittiest man and creator of the longest-running sitcom currently on TV. But is the secret of his success down to comedy genes, the hyperfocus of ADHD – or meditation and sobriety?

After 69 series, the team captains of Have I Got News for You are bound by mutual respect but still manage to surprise each other

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LEE MACK on how another time-hop twist signals a fresh direction for his hit sitcom

The comedian has been thinking about death — and howling with Sue Perkins

Fascinated to know whether she could stand on a stage and make strangers snigger like she does her friends and family, Gaby Huddart enrolled on a stand-up comedy course