And when we say 'epic', we really mean it in this case. The nation's favourite barrel of laughs is currently gearing himself up to round off 2012, with a lengthy cavort around regional licensed premises that includes Dartford (from tomorrow night, 27th Sep), through the likes of Brighton (beautiful British seaside resort), Birmingham (beautiful British curry capital) and London (at the Queen's Theatre - named after her maj, our beautiful British Queen), before calling time in Cardiff on 15th December. There are still tickets left for some of these shows, by the way.

Just like real-life licensees, The Pub Landlord, alias genial Al Murray, will not be resting on his laurels for long - he'll be back out on the road in 2013 to continue the Only Way Is Epic shenanigans all over again. Yes folks, he and the brewery have announced another massive chunk of shows for next year, taking in a few towns that have sold out in 2012 (Tunbridge Wells, Salford, Lowestoft, Bristol etc), as well as several new venues that mine host has so far not yet visited.

First stop is Harrogate on 19th February 2013, followed by (literally) dozens of places such as Huddersfield, Salisbury, Llandudno, Isle of Wight, Crawley, Torquay, Isle of Man, Plymouth, Norwich and many more until Southend for last orders on 29th June.

We will have tickets on sale for all shows from 9am Friday 28th September, priced from around £25 - a small price to pay for helping Al Murray sort out Britain's problems. Beautiful.