Documentary comedy

Documentary comedy is a form of comedy. The comic material used is presented in documentary style — usually, a report on a particular theme or issue — and with the same investigation and reporting methods used to gather the material.

Well-known documentary comics include Dave Gorman,^[1][2] Danny Wallace, Tony Hawks, Alex Horne^[3] and Mark Steel.

It is not to be confused with mockumentary, a form of spoof in which a documentary is played "straight" but based on fictitious material.

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