Stewart Lee - Andrew Neil needs to be more Vorderman, less Voldemort

Larger-than-life TV personalities should be using their fame to highlight the connections between thinktanks, media outlets and policymakers - not pretend they don't exist.

Dara O Briain issues scathing response to Andrew Neil who said show 'deserved' to be axed

Fans praised the host for 'absolutely obliterating' the broadcaster with his reply.

Horrible Histories Brexit special condemned

The BBC's very own high-profile political heavyweight Andrew Neil was unimpressed by the satirical take on "what we'll miss".

Andrew Neil attacks BBC over Left-wing bias in comedy

Andrew Neil, the BBC political presenter often accused of right wing bias, has complained that the corporation's comedy output is too left wing.

Video: Stewart Lee on manners in comedy and politics

Stewart Lee tells Andrew Neil why he is polite to people he does not agree with, although he previously said he did not want to appear on TV and have to meet people he does not like.

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.