The comic cites Rowan Atkinson, Tommy Cooper and Woody Allen as his influences.

BBC: Clown Doctor Brown wins Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award

The collector's item stamps featuring caricatures of Les Dawson, Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, Joyce Grenfell and Peter Cook go on sale on Thursday.

BBC: Comic genius is licked

Tommy Cooper is the great British example.

NEWYORKER: Dead Man Laughing

Cooper is set to hand out-of-favour Tommy Rowe a start of the left wing, but says it will be a huge blow to lose Boyd.

BBC: Peterborough's Mark Cooper expects Preston interest