Ross Noble interview

For more than 20 years Ross Noble has been the king of spontaneous stand-up, almost constantly touring, and he's busier now than ever.

It's the beginning of the end, the first episode of Stephen Fry's final season as host of QI - and after 13 years and 180 or so shows, the letter M is as good a place as any to pull the plug. It's M for medicine this week, and it doesn't take long for the teams - Alan Davies and Lucy Porter to Fry's right, Matt Lucas and Ross Noble to his left - to start sniggering at all those bodily references. You might argue it's vaguely educational - I mean, who knew there was such a treasure trove of smut to be found in a teddy bear? - but the real joy of QI lies in the way its panellists can find a double entendre (sometimes a single one) lurking around the most earnest corner.

Ross Noble interview

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Ross Noble interview

"People keep saying the same thing to me. You're not singing are you? Followed by, are you any good then? My reply is always the same, funnily enough I'm a good enough singer to be in a West End show. That is the concept of a musical, that it has people in it that can sing."

Jason Manford, John Bishop, Ross Noble do pub karaoke

Jason Manford was joined by The Producers cast mate Ross Noble, pal Eithne Browne and fellow comedian John Bishop for the weekly Sing Along at Ma Egertons in Liverpool.

Ross Noble interview

Ross Noble talks about his musical debut in The Producers.

Interview: Ross Noble, The Producers, Sunderland Empire

Ross Noble will be swapping stand-up for swastikas from Friday. He'll be stepping into the leather lederhosen of Franz Liebkind in a new tour of classic Mel Brooks musical The Producers.

Ross Noble looks forward to his debut in The Producers

The Cramlington-born comic will take to the Sunderland Empire stage alongside Jason Manford in Mel Brooks' comedy classic.

Viewers can see comedian Ross Noble's take on Northampton when an hour-long show filmed in the town is screened tomorrow.

It will feature as episode three of the second series of Freewheeling, the show where he visits different areas in the country, following recommendations from Twitter followers, to explore all they have to offer - including the good, the bad and even the ugly.

Last June, the Newcastle-born comedian spent two days filming in the town after someone tweeted him saying he should not bother coming here.

During that time, he led fans and local dignitaries on a whirlwind tour as he placed makeshift blue plaques on the former homes of national celebrities, put a pair of his own shoes in the Museum & Art Gallery, and threw a DVD of Love Actually down the National Lift Tower.

During an interview ahead of his Tangentleman stand-up tour earlier this year, he said: "When we arrive in a certain place we never film more than about 15 minutes before moving to the next place.

"But we were in Northampton all day and it's the only town that has a whole episode to itself - that's an entire hour of Northampton-based comedy."

TV review: Ross Noble: Freewheeling, Dave

Every comedian gets the TV series they deserve. Grumpy stand-ups get sitcoms in which they play grumpy versions of themselves. Snappy stand-ups get shiny floor comedies. And so master improvisor Ross Noble, who goes onstage not really knowing what is going to happen, gets Freewheeling, literally a comedy roadshow - he hits the tarmac on his motorbike in search of fun, with fans on Twitter pointing him in various unexpected directions.