Fans of Josie Long's likable on-air persona and extensive indie-pop t-shirt collection may be blissfully unaware that she's also a soapbox-mounting Tory-bothering political firebrand.
Si Hawkins interviews Paul Foot. Loved by fellow comics and an army of 'connoisseurs', Foot is, nonetheless, unlikely to ever become the new Russell Howard...
Si Hawkins interviews Andrew Collins. Andrew's first solo-sitcom - Mr Blue Sky - has reached Radio 4 after absolute aeons, and he's finally broken The Guardian too (well, their website). But doesn't he miss being locked in cupboards with Rod Stewart?
Not Going Out star Tim Vine is hardly ever in right now as he negotiates a nationwide tour. But in this interview with Si Hawkins, he travels back to the mid-1990s, when his warmth was all the rage, quiz shows came calling and he tried to break America with a chimp.
David Schneider is cursed to hear shouts of 'Smell My Cheese!' wherever he goes, such as this year's Edinburgh Festival. But how close was he to a similarly-resonant part in Lord of the Rings, and with which massive mainstream celeb did he once form a (frankly surreal-sounding) double act?
Inhabiter of some of the most memorable comic creations in recent TV history, Kevin Eldon is now back doing similarly-inspired stand-up. So what's all this about Penelope Keith, evil cheese and a medieval dungeon?
Jokesmith for hire Stephen Grant has done everything from writing gags at Radio 1 to 'audience wrangling' on QI. So what's Simon Mayo's problem? And why does Tara Palmer-Tomkinson get warmer-uppers so excited?
It's a good 25 years since John Shuttleworth first graced our screens with his mighty organ, since when he's dabbled in radio, film, even the Eurovision Song Contest, with varying degrees of non-success. Is he bitter? Si Hawkins finds out...
