Comedians have told how anti-Brexit jokes are harming their careers as audiences outside of London walk out in offence.

A number of comedians have described scripting their take on Britain leaving the European Union for Left-wing audiences in London, only to face unamused audiences when they take their acts out to the rest of the country.

Marcus Brigstocke, who has been touring the country with a set that includes 20 minutes of material on Brexit, said members of the audience had been walking out "every night" in anger.

He said that a number of his fans were unlikely to return to his shows in future, as a result of the jokes.

"People have been angry; people have walked out of shows and people have booed.

"A lot of the people that I think of as my audience will not be back - they won't come again - they're that angry," he told BBC Radio 4.