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AUSTRALIAN COMEDIAN JIM JEFFERIES IS BACK IN THE UK. MARION McMULLEN LOOKS AT THE INSPIRATION BEHIND HIS NEW COMEDY TOUR

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CAMARADERIE: Jimmy Carr

You have made your name in America with Netflix specials, game shows and films. Has success changed how you write comedy?

Not really. Becoming a dad, getting married, and getting older have changed what I talk about, but not how I write comedy.

I think of a premise, tell it to a friend, then go on stage and keep talking until it turns into something. I like going off on tangents, then returning - like Billy Connolly used to do.

The big shift from working in Australia to working in Britain was realising how rich the UK’s standup history is. In Australia or America, people might see comedy a few times a year, but in Britain, the audiences were proper fans.

And the heckling. The best heckles you'll ever get are from British audiences. Americans try to correct you - “Hey buddy, let me tell you something.” Australians try to trip you up at the punchline, but the British? They try to out-laugh you, out-joke you, get the better line. I've always appreciated that.

Even if the laugh’s at my expense, if someone nails it in the room, it's an extra laugh - saves me a bit of time.