Jimmy Carr

Jimmy Carr hosts another helping of humorous word wrestling, with regular team captains Jon Richardson and Sean Lock joined by David Mitchell and Katherine Ryan. Rachel Riley remains on number and letter duty, while Susie Dent shuffles along her Dictionary Corner bench to make room for guest dictionary delvers and YouTube popmakers the Brett Domino Trio. And, believe it or not, that name is not an anagram.

Jimmy Carr forks out £1m in tax

Jimmy Carr decided last year to close F.N. Good Ltd, which holds his profits from TV shows, stand-up gigs, DVDs and books. As sole director he received all the £9.4m from winding it up.

Stand-up: unpretentious but often anti-intellectual

Comedians tend to apologise for making any highbrow references in their material. I wish more felt at ease quoting poetry like Liam Williams.

Ostensibly, with his middle-of-the-road material and a giggling studio audience, there's little to differentiate the Bristolian comic's show from many others that have come before. What is different about Howard, however, is his willingness to share the stage with comics of all stripes. As the second series kicks off, up-and-comer Darren Harriott talks being mistaken for a terrorist, while Jimmy Carr brings his trademark one-liners.

Interview: Jimmy Carr

"I wrote a joke about the negative stereotypes that still prevail in our society concerning women, and I worry about telling that joke because I worry that if I were to tell that joke, and it would be misconstrued as genuine misogyny, it could really light the fuse on some bitch's tampon. I would feel awful," he tells the crowd. But they get it. These aren't opinions; they're jokes. And Carr tells both sweet and sour ones.

Rape jokes are not the issue - it's the joke target

Downright mean jokes about rape, like Jimmy Carr's 'nine out of ten people in a gang rape said they enjoyed it' are the damaging ones.

Jimmy Carr opens up about relationship with father

Jimmy Carr had revealed that his estranged father turned up at one of his performances but did not speak to him.

Jimmy Carr is thinking of doing a sitcom

Jimmy Carr is considering shaking up his career to write a sitcom.

Did Jimmy Carr steal a Frankie Boyle gag?

Frankie Boyle has accused Jimmy Carr of stealing one of his one of his gags.