Liverpool's Mr Mirth returns for a new six-part comedy experience. "It's completely different to my last series, apart from the bits that are exactly the same," says Sayle. "But I can guarantee you won't be disappointed - unless you are expecting something other than a fat man in a suit shouting at you."

Sayle's characteristic monologues feature alongside an Australian soap called Psycho Ward Eleven

More pithy wit from Liverpool's Mr Mirth

Liverpool's Mr Mirth catches up on the Yuletide fun with the help of singer Billy Bragg

An outbreak of dyslexia threatens "Psycho Ward Eleven"

Egbert and Bill get fit and "John Smith Man" gets his onions - or is that unions?