Michael McIntyre

Well done to the 15,000 people who actually paid for tickets to this comedy marathon a couple of weeks ago at London's cavernous O2 Arena.

It was all in a good cause - for Great Ormond Street - but you can see it without forking out for the Tube fare.

Alan Carr, Dara O'Briain, Lee Evans, Michael McIntyre, Jack Whitehall - if there's a comedian you've heard of but have not got around to seeing in the flesh, they're most probably going to be here.

As Jack Dee drily notes, the backstage area must have been quite an experience - all those comedians sitting around... NOTICING things.

It's hard to pick a standout stand-up, but Sarah Millican is fabulous and Sean Lock goes down a storm with topical gags about Ryan Giggs and Twitter.

And I love the introduction Lock got from Jonathan Ross: "He couldn't be more attractive to the ladies if he was a Take That ticket made of chocolate. That vibrates."

Marc Blake: Live comedy is priceless, costs a fortune

Live comedians such as Jimmy Carr, Lee Evans and Michael McIntyre, can make up to £5m a year from touring their stand-up shows.

Michael McIntyre once took part in C5 fetish programme

This is Michael McIntyre in his first TV role - on Channel 5 show Steve Chisholm's A-Z of Extraordinary Sexual Fetishes.

In this penultimate slice of masterful stand-up comedy, Stewart Lee looks at the notion of national identity. Skewered during his erudite, spiralling rant are figures as diverse as Winston Churchill, Michael McIntyre and pretty much the entire population of Australia. There's also a cameo appearance from the cult graphic novelist Alan Moore (Watchmen).

Michael McIntyre tries fire-eating for photoshoot

Comic Michael McIntyre wears a smoking jacket after trying fire-eating to impress Britain's Got Talent boss Simon Cowell.

BGT impressionist Cal Halbert impresses McIntyre

An impressionist impresses judge Michael McIntyre on Britain's Got More Talent this weekend - with an uncanny imitation of the comic's voice.

A species of comedy has lately triumphed on the stage and on Channel 4, PhoneShop celebrates the mediocrity of middle-class life. Think Michael McIntyre. There is nothing greatly wrong about this, and much moderately right. In this sitcom, for example, there were some hilarious moments as another crack squad went to work with a new recruit. They all wear drab suits and the gag lies in their realisation of just how mundane their life is. It's like Tim from The Office, but stretched into a whole cast.

What didn't work, alas, were the accents. The manager talks in a soulless Slough accent, but two of the central characters riff in possibly the most unconvincing roodboy patois Channel 4 has yet been blessed with. This was a shame, because these actors could really act; they'd simply been told to deliver their lines in a "street" manner. It ended up sounding like Ali G, without the attendant bling to tell you this was a joke. For all that, this comedy aimed to capture the tedium of many modern working lives, and did so well.

Is the rise of Michael McIntyre no laughing matter?

Michael McIntyre's bigger than Godzilla's vest, but why all the hate directed towards him? And is it justified?

Michael McIntyre gets toasted on Britain's Got Talent

A Britain's Got Talent hopeful is the toast of Michael McIntyre after he creates a portrait of the comic out of Marmite and bread.

Michael McIntyre: 'Cowell will have criticisms'

Michael McIntyre has admitted that he expects Simon Cowell to be critical of the new Britain's Got Talent judging panel.