Roy 'Chubby' Brown offends and delights in Egremont

Within minutes of walking on stage, the 71-year-old taunted the parish councillors who tried to ban his show earlier this year.

"The council said they don't want me here because I'm too rough..." he said, which was met with a chorus of boos from the crowd.

"Have they seen the state of the town?" he added - to roars of laughter from audience.

Egremont Town Council deemed the show too inappropriate for the Market Hall and tried to have the gig cancelled. However, after over 300 people signed an online petition, the council reversed the call.

Hundreds turned out to see the Chubby and, after a musical opening from cover song singer Denise Danielle, they were chanting for the comedian start his show.

After a tongue-in-cheek disclaimer, Chubby launched into a set featuring hundreds of obscene one-liners and his targets included ethnic minorities, Muslims, people with disabilities and women - including long sections on his wife's appearance.

The jokes were interspersed with short cover songs in which he replaced the lyrics with swearing. He even tried his hand at playing the piano.

The audience were visibly enjoying the show as they clapped and sang along with Chubby's flat renditions of Jamie Lawson's Wasn't Expecting That and Justin Bieber's Love Yourself.

A large part of the show was taken up by Chubby swearing at and jokingly threatening audience members who left to use the bathroom at the back of the hall.

Audience members also heckled the comedian about his weight, which Chubby responded to with quick-fire one-liners.

Tom Grears, 64, of Cleator Moor said: "The council were wrong to try and ban the show, if you don't like it then you just don't go.

"But, he's filled the hall so he's obviously very popular here. Us northerners like a bit of crack."

Karen Shaw, 47, from Egremont said: "There is a lot of people who like his show, judging by how many people have turned up. It was wrong to try and stop it."