A Funny Life: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Earlier in his career, when he still wanted everyone to be a fan, Michael McIntyre had a list of people who’d slighted him, underestimated him, rejected him and (the ultimate slur, perhaps) said he didn’t make them laugh.

McIntyre has been delivering exactly what people expect of him for well over a decade, and does so again tonight, with a show that deviates not one iota from the established formula. With his trademark observational wit and absolute candour, Michael looks back on the incredible highs and lows on the journey to becoming the biggest-selling comedian in the world. There’s no sense – as in the work of, say, sometime observationalist Rhod Gilbert – that any of this is true or deeply felt. On 14 December 2010, it was announced that McIntyre would join the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent as a judge in 2011 with David Hasselhoff and Amanda Holden.Go back to what your mother taught you': TV presenter Susannah Constantine on the six money-saving hacks that helped her cut energy use on laundry by a THIRD! Ad Feature From luxury skincare to must-have make-up collections - get Christmas all wrapped up with dream gifts. I’ve had so much success but am now most grateful for all the mistakes I made because they make for a much funnier and more entertaining read.

He tells the story of their odd relationship in his new autobiography, A Funny Life, which picks up where his last book left off, in 2006, as he started to become famous. Michael McIntyre's spot-on observational comedy and ability to turn everyday situations into masterclasses of human exasperation have struck a chord with millions of fans, making him one of the most successful comedians in the world. He actually brought a cardboard cut-out of himself back from a tour and installed it in his son’s bedroom. Host of his own Comedy Roadshow and his own chat show, holder of the UK record for fastest-selling arena tour, and even a Britain’s Got Talent judge.

And by the time, 20 minutes later, he’s grumbling about letting other drivers in off slip roads, I felt like screaming for the next exit. The X Factor is no more, but Michael’s latest TV game show The Wheel – conceived and launched during lockdown – is going from strength to strength. Michael McIntyre is a stand-up comedian who in 2009 sold out a record six nights at Wembley Arena and four nights at London's O2. A few years ago I’d done a gig in Amsterdam and I was using old jokes, not realising they’d gone out on TV so everyone had heard them. Harry and Meghan's biographer Omid Scobie shares sneak peek at chapter about the British press in his new.

When he riffs here on taking a bath, or de-icing the windscreen, you think: surely he’s covered this before? He’s done his fair share of being flown in private jets to entertain at kids’ birthdays and bar mitzvahs. Yes, Michael may say his fretting-about-his-career days are over, but he admits he still logs in as if he’s going to book tickets to his own shows, to see what seats he’s offered. OK, the windscreen skit is more observations than jokes (he straw-polls the audience for favoured de-icing methods). He currently holds a record after selling out London’s The O2 twenty-eight times, beating One Direction, Prince and Take That.McIntyre's many comedy panel show and chat show appearances include Chris Moyles' Quiz Night, Mock the Week, 8 out of 10 Cats, Have I Got News for You, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Would I Lie To You?