BCG Daily Sunday 15th October 2023

Sunday with Sue Perkins

The comedian and presenter on living with Tiggy the staffy and the joy of electronica.

Adrian Edmondson on family, fatherhood and break-up with late comedy legend Rik Mayall

He broke all the rules at school, but now understands he'd been chasing adrenaline as a substitute for affection.

Kirkmoore: 'Disabled people shouldn't have to laugh at ourselves to be funny'

Kirkmoore actor Keron Day and writer Andrew Bogle talk about rude humour, disabled representation and the comedy in adolescence.

Nick Frost interview

The actor and writer on hotel breakfasts that trigger his ADHD, and why cooking helps him cope with his troubled past and successful present.

Big Zuu interview

Food TV's brightest new star on Big Eats, how fame just snowballed for him - and the secret to his mac and cheese.

Al Murray interview: 'People will say I was too soft on the British Empire'

Al Murray knows that Empire is a subject likely to provoke strong opinion - and deftly skirts around difficult issues.

Yes Minister and 'That Squalid Little Rag'

On the 9th March 1981, BBC2 first broadcast the Yes Minister episode The Death List. It's a particularly good episode for many reasons, not least Graeme Garden marching into the programme for one show-stealing scene, and turning it into The Goodies. But that's comedy, and we don't deal with comedy around here. We deal with far more important things. Such as: which issue of Private Eye is Jim Hacker reading from here?

Esther Manito talks Hell Hath No Fury

"My comedy persona is pretty much an exaggerated version of me."

Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget review

Aardman sequel is witty but falls short.

Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget review

Harry & Jack Williams interview

The Fleabag executive producers have said they wanted to "go back to something simple and primal" with upcoming BBC series Boat Story, which comes at the back-end of an "era of peak TV when you start to feel every story is being told."