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Bobby Davro on changing tastes in comedy

Comedian Bobby Davro joined Andrew Neil, Caroline Flint and Michael Portillo on This Week to talk about changing tastes after the remake of classic series Dad's Army was released.

He said the nature of comedy had changed since the shows that made him famous - but was frustrated that he was "still keen, still ambitious, still contemporary, but unfortunately they put you in a box and say you belong in the 1980s".

Video - What makes a bully? Rob Beckett interviewed

What makes a bully? The This Week panel - joined by comedian Rob Beckett - try to ascertain what makes a troll tick, and what sort of behaviour characterises bullying.

Video: Shappi Khorsandi on internet trolls & prejudice

On BBC1's This Week, comedian Shappi Khorsandi laughed at how internet trolls reckon she only gets on TV as she was a woman and Iranian.

She teased Andrew Neil about journalists asking her about prejudice - in a debate with Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson. She also defended Frankie Boyle who won a legal action over claims he was a racist.

Video: Vincent Franklin on Steve Hilton PR guru

Vincent Franklin who plays PR guru Stewart Pearson in the political satire The Thick Of It said lawyers allowed him to say: "I am a little bit like Steve Hilton".

The actor's role has been linked to David Cameron's outgoing PR guru, and he described filming scenes in Westminster for the political satire, which also returns with a new coalition government mirroring real political events.

Video: Stephen Mangan on emotions and giving birth

Actor Stephen Mangan, who has portrayed Tony Blair and currently plays a pregnant man on the London stage, spoke of emotions in the week when David Cameron's temper and the the "feisty form" of Conservative MP Ann Marie Morris were in the news.

Michael Portillo recalled losing his seat at Westminster - and also claimed there were "extensive similarities" between Andy Murray and Gordon Brown - as he debated political image and emotions with Andrew Neil and Alan Johnson.

The interview ends with the actor talking of his hopes for a new series of Episodes - in which he stars with Matt LeBlanc and Tamsin Greig.

Private Eye is 50? - surely shome mistake

It may feature old jokes and Andrew Neil in a vest every week, but its content is so well loved it makes £200,000 a year.

Video: Stewart Lee on music, politics and prostests

Comedian Stewart Lee compared Glastonbury to the House of Commons as he discussed whether music was losing its political message and the power of protest with Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson.