Victoria Derbyshire

Armando Iannucci on 'colour-blind casting'

Director Armando Iannucci has said he hopes his decision to cast Dev Patel, a British actor of Indian heritage, for the titular role in The Personal History of David Copperfield changes minds in the film industry. He said it was "tragic" to think that in many such films Patel would be overlooked for a similar role. The satirist - who campaigned for a second Brexit referendum - also told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire he "absolutely" now accepted Brexit.

Video - Richard Herring: comedy and mental health

Comedians should tackle issues such as depression as there is no subject that is beyond being joked about, Richard Herring has told Victoria Derbyshire.

The scourging of the Murdock empire is a goldmine of new material for comedians. The biggest audience guffaw in this returning series comes when interviewer Rhys Thomas asks his guest - fellow comedian Simon Day - if there really isn't anything that he wouldn't do for money. Day, fast as a whip, comes back with "Well, I wouldn't hack into people's phones." It's no secret that I love this series: it's akin to the empathetic questioning techniques of Kirsty Young or Victoria Derbyshire being channelled through Alexei Sayle or Steve Coogan - lots of insight, but even more laughs. Rhys does not push Day too closely on his addictive personality - something that the comic has been very open about in his recent autobiography - but we do get to hear about his spell in a borstal, which he refers to as being like "a violent boarding school".

Audio: Comedian Jonnie Marbles on his Murdoch attack

Victoria Derbyshire interviews the man who threw a shaving foam pie at Rupert Murdoch earlier this week. 'Jonnie Marbles' was punched by Mr Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng, and arrested.