Michael McIntyre

Michael McIntyre on the moment his life change

Comedian Michael McIntyre only recently joined the ranks of the mortgaged-to-the-eyeballs, but he is already fretting about the chances of his house falling down.

Will the real Michael McIntyre please stand up?

From out of nowhere, he became Britain's biggest comedy star. But who is Michael McIntyre? And what exactly does he want?

Michael McIntyre: a comedian for the Cameron age

Love him, loathe him, have genuinely violent feelings towards him, you just can't ignore Michael McIntyre. He only made his television debut in 2006, but three years later he is the face of live comedy in the UK as host of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow.

Michael McIntyre's comic timing

He's come from an Edinburgh attic to sell out a 54-date tour and bag a primetime BBC slot. So why is the comedian still so sweatily anxious about life?

You can picture the scene... an executive at BBC entertainment groans as ITV's Harry Hill's TV Burp grows more popular with each series. "Get me something like that!" she/he barks. "Something that takes the mickey out of everyone on the telly. People like watching that on a Saturday." The result is far, far better than you'd expect. Either the producers have crammed all their best efforts into the first episode or this mock-celebrity-filled sketch show is a winner. It doesn't hurt that Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson are right on the money with almost all their impressions. Culshaw gets Michael McIntyre's strange, high/low voice perfectly and his Ross Kemp on Gangs spoof where Kemp meets the Famous Five ("The whole gang is clearly off their head on ginger beer") works a treat. Stephenson, meanwhile, is equally convincing as Dannii Minogue or a grimacing Davina McCall. Why it's quite so enjoyable to see, say, Ray Mears impersonated to a tee or some lovingly imagined links from The One Show is anyone's guess. But it is.

Michael McIntyre is laughing all the way to the bank

Michael McIntyre is set to become one of Britain's wealthiest entertainers, earning up to £10 million from a series of sold-out shows, DVD sales and a book deal.

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The standup comedian is set to earn £10m this year. What is the secret of his success?

The BBC should be wary of overexposing its new post-Sachsgate comedy hero, Michael McIntyre. Energetic, likeable and genuinely funny though he is, there's a danger that his almost weekly appearances on the box will wear the charm thin. Anyway, this amusing hour-long special features him performing a stand-up show to a sell-out crowd at the Hammersmith Apollo.

After the success of his roadshow, here is another chance to see Michael McIntyre's live routine recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo. This is high-energy observational comedy, filled with verbal gymnastics and a flouncing physicality that has him skipping around the stage, and it's good-humoured and safe.

It's that time of the year, when comedians flock to Edinburgh to show off their new gags, while we at home must be content with tried and tested repeats. Happily, there's a sterling line-up on Dave, beginning with the most recent series of Live at the Apollo. Funnyman of the moment Michael McIntyre hosts tonight, gleefully extracting comic gold out of broken-down buses, limp handshakes and the oft-neglected joys of skipping.