Can you give us an overview of the new series?This series builds up to the launch of BBC Me - an incredible new online platform - and everything orbits around that I guess. Will’s programme idea, On... more
Interviews
What can you tell us about your character and this series of W1A?Ian Fletcher’s bedside reading is currently 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Other Psychological Conditions' and 'Optimism in a Post-... more
A version of this interview first appeared in the London Evening Standard here at the start of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Martin went on to pick up a lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award... more
The phrase ‘bigger and better’ might have been coined specifically for Joe Lycett’s new touring show. Hitting the road with I’m About To Lose Control And I Think Joe Lycett (more on that punning... more
Why are you taking part in Strictly this year?I am taking part in Strictly partly because I am a huge fan of the show. I think it is the nicest show on television, I am obsessed with watching it and... more
What’s Back about?It’s about Stephen [David Mitchell] and Andrew [Robert Webb]. They’re in their early 40s. Andrew was fostered with Stephen’s family 30 years ago, along with many other kids, and... more
What is Back about and who do you play?Stephen, played by David has inherited a pub from his recently dead father. His mum and dad used to foster lots of children when he was a kid and Stephen... more
Describe what Back is about, and who you play?I play Stephen, and he is basically a struggling local businessman. He previously attempted a career as a lawyer, but it didn’t work out for nebulous... more
Following the success of last year's Straight Outta Middlesex tour Nathan Caton is back. He's keeping it real and keeping it funny, dissecting all things from the personal to the political in... more
Rory Kinnear, who plays Robert Wha made you want to be part of Quacks?I read the script and I thought, 'That’s actually really funny…', so I did the pilot. Then it took more than a year... more
