Award-winning comedian Stephen Grant was grilled by Argus readers in the latest in our Friday Inquisition series.

To celebrate the start of the Paramount Comedy Festival in Brighton this weekend, we got Stephen to answer your questions, including what was the worst heckle he¹s ever had and if he has ever stormed off stage.

The stand-up, a veteran of the Krater Comedy Club, revealed: "I've never stormed off per se, but I have "bailed out" of a few gigs slightly earlier than when I was supposed to finish, mainly because it was hopeless.

"The worst ever was a company Christmas do in 2005 at Brighton Racecourse... I was asked to do 20 minutes of jokes, but with just three minutes gone, the crowd were still chatting, dancing, singing, and generally walking across the front of me.

"They not only wouldn't listen, they didn't even know I was there. The lady who booked me made a finger across the throat gesture and I left to as much applause as I arrived to - none." Stephen also said jokes can be politically correct - but prefers the ones that aren't.

He said: "Some of the cleverest jokes don't offend anyone. That said, my favourite jokes offend just about everyone." Readers also posted some of their favourite jokes on the website for Stephen to cast his eye over.

Best of the bunch was: "There are plans to counter the declining UK bee population by downloading additional bees from America, using a USB port."

Reporter Miles Godfrey hit the streets this week to find out the best jokes doing the rounds at the moment.

He has compiled the best in a series of videos posted on theargus.co.uk/news/videos.

The Argus staff will also be offering up their favourites. You can also send your favourite jokes to us by text. Make sure they are clean and decent then record them on a multimedia message and text them to us on 80360, starting with the word SUPIC.