Paul Merton

Review: Paul Merton's Impro Chums, York

Touring for more than 10 years, Paul Merton and his five impro chums risk getting tired of performing the show night after night - and of that show becoming tired.

The beauty of improvised comedy though, comes in the fact that is not the same show. The actors may be the same, and the name is the same, but it is always a different comedy that plays out on stage.

Review: Paul Merton's Impro Chums, Cheltenham Town Hall

Impro. It is such a small word for such a Herculean display of wits and sharpness.

Clarkson pulled out fearing Deayton-style 'humiliation'

The former Top Gear presenter withdrew because he knew he would be 'slaughtered' by panellists Paul Merton and Ian Hislop.

Fringe rant, Paul Merton, Dirty Girls and more

One thing that increasingly gets up my nose at the Edinburgh Fringe is comedians who do not do stage shows.

My favourite photograph: Paul Merton

Paul Merton, 57, remembers his first steps in showbusiness - and the last day he saw his father.

Video: Paul Merton talks for Just a Minute on Breakfast

For more than 20 years Paul Merton has been keeping us entertained with his quick witted comments and slightly surreal humour. But he describes himself as having been a shy child.

He accepted a Just a Minute challenge from BBC Breakfast the team. His topic - Breakfast.

Radio Times review

When Ross has a gathering of guests as good as tonight's, you wish his format allowed them to intermingle out front in the way Graham Norton's guests do. What would Paul Merton say to Paul Hollywood, for instance? Is Keira Knightley much of a baker? Also, after Ross's coup interviewing Tom Daley earlier in the year, he welcomes another gay sporting hero, Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas.

Paul Merton: 10 tips for being a successful comedian

Here are Merton's top 10 tips for being a comedian.

Paul Merton: comedy helped him get through dark times

Paul Merton has explained how comedy has helped him get through some tough times in his life, and why he hasn't devoted many pages of his new autobiography to his relationships.

Paul Merton interview

TV funny man Paul Merton explains why his autobiography is about him, not anyone else, and how business and pleasure mix easily with his third wife, Suki Webster.