From skid row to a £21m tour

How Michael McIntyre made do with a microwave and an old Mini.

I'm no expert on modern comedians, but Michael McIntyre seems funnier and pleasanter than most. So it's nice to find that he's probably the most successful stand-up comic in the world, having earned £21m from his latest tour.

He's also sensible about money, according to Richard Price in the Daily Mail. His early days as a comedian were tough, and he's never forgotten them. Though brought up in a big house in Hampstead, his family struggled after his parents split up and at first, after leaving Edinburgh University, he had no money and was "barely able to half-fill the upstairs room in a pub".

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