Scene spent a week in a school in Bristol finding out about those people who make their classmates laugh. Why does every class have its clown? What do the comedians gain from being funny?

A series of very early public pranks staged in South Africa, with some clearly being faked with the use of actors and impossible to catch on the fly camera moves and insert shots.

They work as a stressbuster for many of us. Take any funny Hindi movie, for instance, Andaz Apna Apna, your mood will be uplifted as soon as you watch Aamir Khan and Salman Khan's slapstick comedy.

George is a very successful stand up comedian who learns that he has an untreatable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live. Ira is a struggling up-and-coming stand up comedian who ...