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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?

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

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

FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE ACTOR HAS FOUND HIMSELF DRAWN TO THE DARK AND THE DISTURBING… AND THE STRANGE. NOW, AS HE PLAYS POWER-HUNGRY MANIAC LEX LUTHOR IN SUPERMAN , HE TELLS US WHY NORMALITY IS HIS KRYPTONITE

Did I ever tell you that my husband is a serial entrepreneur? No? Well, I don’t like to boast, and it turns out there’s not much money in cornflakes anyway!” All of a sudden, I am jolted wide awake as