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

An outbreak of dyslexia threatens "Psycho Ward Eleven"

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

In the last in the series Bobby Chariot bids a fond farewell.