The 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' regular had a wit and a mischievous air about him, but it is as a stand-up that he will be most fondly recalled

The star comic's first of two Netflix specials, 'Jerry Before Seinfeld', gives a casual and rougher-around-the edges performance, which is far more biographical and intimate

In the final week, the pressure is on to see the remaining 3,436 shows. Chris Bratt explores the quieter exhibitions for when the crowds get a bit much

Witty one-liner wins 33 per cent of a public vote

His fundraising efforts won Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2009 Oscars

One of the first black stand-up comedians to find success with white audiences, the celebrated comic deftly commented upon racial divisions at the dawn of the civil rights movement

A stroll down the Royal Mile means just one thing – someone will be determined to put a piece of paper in your hand about their show

The comedian channels our collective cluelessness on the world around us – from Brexit to Trump – into an hour of cathartic entertainment

If it wasn't for its geography, it probably wouldn't have grown up in Edinburgh. As the world’s biggest arts festivals kicks off, David Pollock takes a look back at its origins 

Tickets for the Labour leader's event sells out within hours 

The Daily Show's Hasan Minhaj showed no hesitation in taking on the president, in the face of his near-unprecedented absence from the event

'You don't believe me? You think I'm making it up?'

Comedian sarcastically was known as 'Mr. Warmth' voiced Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story

Comedian urges the first lady to take their 11-year-old son Barron with her

'Comedians never stop resisting this s***e. Never'

'Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!'

Topped by the famous Dad's Army line: 'Don't tell him, Pike'

The Total Blackout Tour will accompany a newly inked Netflix deal for two stand-up specials 

'Never say never,' he admits on his website. 'But with that attitude it will make me put every ounce of my soul into it.'