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Literary theorists and psychologists may argue as to whether there are three, ten or even 36 basic plots in literature, and I suppose it was inevitable that academics would come up with theories of humour or try to identify basic sorts.
Jimmy Carr, a Cambridge political science graduate, plunged into scientific inquiry with a Horizon special,Jimmy Carr and the Science of laughter(BBC Two).
