James Rampton

Michael Palin: immigration has done the country good

'The idea that these people are somehow going to ruin our way of life seems to be completely wrong and misbegotten'

Interview: Ricky Gervais

"I want to be left alone, sitting at home in my pants, drinking wine"

Lenny Henry interview

The actor's new drama series was inspired by the Windrush scandal.

Sandi Toksvig interview

Sandi Toksvig talks to James Rampton about her return to touring.

Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson interview

The pair explain why understatement is key to their latest whodunit, Death on the Tyne, on Gold.

The Windsors wedding special preview

I am on set at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, which is being used as a stand-in for a number of regal residences. The crew are filming the wedding reception in the banqueting hall. The tables are buckling under the weight of gigantic chickens. There are enough bottles of champagne to satisfy Harry's thirstiest pals, while from the walls, stern, ermine-clad aristocrats look on disapprovingly.

Matt LeBlanc on Episodes

'Do I worry that people will think that character is me? I guess that's my job. I have to make it believable'

The return of John Cleese

"If I ever tried to do a Fawlty Towers-type sitcom again, everyone would say, 'It's not as good as Fawlty Towers'."

The Fawlty Towers actor, who is fondly remembered for his role as hotel owner Basil Fawlty, is starring with Alison Steadman in a new BBC sitcom, Hold Tthe Sunset, after a gap of 43 years.

Mark Gatiss on returning to TLOG after 12 years

In three BBC2 Christmas specials we are reintroduced to many of the characters we first fell in love with when the show began airing in 1999.

Johnny Vegas on Murder on the Blackpool Express

The actor and comedian plays Terry, a serial loser who is disenchanted with life, in the new Agatha Christie spoof.