If you’re not sure who Michael McIntyre is or what he does then you’re either abroad or refusing to switch on your TV.
He is a 33-year-old stand-up comedian who has experienced a meteoric rise to fame over the last couple of years. He’s come from literally nowhere, largely because of the decision by Prince Charles to put him into his own 60th birthday celebrations as well as a Royal Variety Performance in 2006.
Fastest selling
McIntyre is currently coming to the end of a UK tour that has filled huge arenas and concert venues several times over. He is playing to audiences that Bon Jovi and U2 would be proud of. His 2008 DVD Live and Laughing was the fastest selling debut ever, at an estimated total of 750,000 copies, and his recently released Hello Wembley has shot to the top five in the DVD charts in this lucrative pre-Christmas season. He has been nominated for three British comedy awards and could easily steal the show.
