Jasper Rees

Steve Pemberton: Bee that had Broadway buzzing

As the New York hit 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' arrives in London, its star Steve Pemberton talks to Jasper Rees.

Yes, Prime Minister on stage

The writers of Yes, Prime Minister discuss the stage version of their long-running series.

Jan Ravens: making a lasting impression

The female impressionist has spent a long career lampooning the powerful and famous on radio and TV, and now, at 50, she's taking to the stage in a solo show.

In The Loop: Malcolm Tucker hits the big screen

"Shut it, love, actually, or I'll hole-punch your face." "Kiss my sweaty balls, you fat f***." "You sounded like a f***ing Nazi Julie Andrews." It doesn't take long for In the Loop to carpet-bomb you into willing submission. With the laughs detonating at a rate of far more than one a minute, the script comes at you like a block entry for The Oxford Dictionary of Weapons-Grade Invective.

The source for this flurry of slurry, offered in the bilious spirit of great Augustan satire, is, of course, none other than Malcolm Tucker. Viewers first came across the PM's potty-mouthed communications chief in the BBC comedy The Thick of It. In this X-rated update of Yes Minister, he pistol-whipped all those unfortunate enough to cross his path: spluttering ministers, quivering civil servants, squirming journalists and quaking press spokespeople. With In the Loop, Tucker now has his own film.

Ruth Jones Interview

No longer just the big gobby sidekick, Ruth Jones is a sharp comic talent who is popping up all over our screens.

Chalk it all up to experience

A 1997 interview with David Bamber, who played deputy head Eric Slatt in Chalk