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How Lee and Herring subverted TV and bewildered the BBC

Picture the scene: it's a gentle Sunday lunchtime in the late 1990s. Some dreary politics show has just finished on BBC One. The smell of roast potatoes wafts through the house. Grandma's dozing in the armchair, a neighbour's out washing their car, and the wholesome warbling of Radio 4 hangs in the air. Ahhh, Sunday.

Then you turn over to BBC Two, where a grown man wearing fake breasts is squirting milk into the face of a Prince William effigy.

The return of John Cleese

"If I ever tried to do a Fawlty Towers-type sitcom again, everyone would say, 'It's not as good as Fawlty Towers'."

The Fawlty Towers actor, who is fondly remembered for his role as hotel owner Basil Fawlty, is starring with Alison Steadman in a new BBC sitcom, Hold Tthe Sunset, after a gap of 43 years.

Stewart Lee: How I became the king of cetacean comedy

The revelation that a killer whale can talk took me back to my days improvising for an audience of dolphins.

South Bank run for Stewart Lee, then he takes a break

Stewart Lee is to perform a run of his latest show at the Royal Festival Hall on April 19, 20 & 23.

Stewart Lee: Can Harry & Meghan make Britain whole?

Meghan Markle's name even sounds like 'Mrs Merkel', and she symbolises an America far better than Trump's.

Review: Lee Nelson, Norwich Playhouse

Local knowledge has audience in stitches.

Stewart Lee: My attempt to sell satire to Daily Mail

It's all very well for Paperchase to ditch the hatemongering tabloid. But what now for my range of ironic Mail-themed greetings cards?

25 of Lee Mack's wittiest jokes and one-liners Read mo

Here are some of the best quotes and quips from Lee Mack's career to date, drawn from stand-up shows and sitcom Not Going Out, as well as Would I Lie To You?

A starry but sleepy series finale: Doc Martin, review

This ever-popular, televisual equivalent of a hot water bottle returns for a ninth and final series next year. It's so gentle that it could end by simply nodding off.

John Cleese interview

John Cleese on Monty Python, Facebook, bad comedy, great comedy and kids these days.