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Lee Mack interview

His stand-up tour won acclaim far and wide earlier this year. And as it arrives on DVD, Lee Mack spares some time to talk about comedy, and the return of Not Going Out...

Lee Mack talks gags, gigs and lobsters

Lee Mack joins Richard Allinson to talk about his latest tour, playing to single-digit audiences, the return of his sitcom, Not Going Out and the perils of including a lobster in your routine.

Video: Susanna Reid flummoxed by Lee Mack gag

Lee Mack's approaching the end of a 120-date tour, but as well as that he's returning to our screens in the New Year in the BBC One sitcom Not Going Out for which he wrote the script while on tour.

Lee discussed the tour with BBC Breakfast and described the best heckle, which needed some explaining to Susanna...

John Cleese: girlfriend is first real love since Connie

He has been married three times and is said to be considering tying the knot once more. And now actor John Cleese has revealed how - unlike his second and third marriages - he had an instant connection with latest girlfriend Jennifer Wade reminiscent of that with first wife Connie Booth.

'Nobody banned Christmas': Lee on political correctnees

Comedian Stewart Lee tells Radio 5 live's Richard Bacon why he's prepared to defend political correctness as part of his comedy act.

Lee sights the example of 'Winterval', an initiative by Birminham City Council to combine religious celebrations which some believed was an attempt to ban Christmas.

The star of 90's cult comedy show 'Fist of Fun' claims society is in 'a better place' for following the values of political correctness.

Listen to the full interview with Richard Bacon's podcast.

Stewart Lee: on touring

What happens when a stand-up comedian runs into hostility on tour? Stewart Lee reports from Premier Inn.

Video - Stewart Lee: countryside joke

Watch a clip by the comedian from his latest DVD released by Comedy Central.

John Cleese says he always loved the Germans

As the xenophobic hotelier Basil Fawlty, John Cleese famously told his staff "Don't mention the war" before goose-stepping in front of his German guests with an arm raised in a Nazi salute. But more than 30 years on Cleese seems finally willing to follow his character's advice and even go further by seeking a rapprochement with the nation he once so ruthlessly lampooned.

Lee Evans fails to see the funny side of comedy club

Lee Evans is seeking £50,000 in damages from the owners of a South Coast nightclub.

Lee speaks about Fosters Comedy Awards 'cunning stunt'

After he received the Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award 2010 at the Edinburgh for his outspoken stance against the Fosters Comedy Awards search for a 'Comedy God', Stewart Lee didn't hold back in his view of the corporation's "dishonest appropriation of comedy".