Fresh off the back of celebrating 60 years of Dr Who last year and looking ahead to welcoming the 15th... more

20 years after playing Baldrick, Tony is still stopped in the street and asked where my turnip is!  Turnips made... more

Today Tony is talking to the composer Howard Goodall CBE, who wrote the now iconic Blackadder theme tune. Howard is one... more

Marching 73 miles from coast to coast across the narrowest neck of England, Hadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of... more

Passwords and codes are something we take for granted in the digital age, but this is such a new development... more

Men’s facial hair is very prone to fashions: moustaches and beards are back in, but why is that and what... more

Today Tony is talking to his old friend and collaborator, the screenwriter Richard Curtis. They share memories of making Blackadder... more

Electric cars are the future of motoring, or so we are told, but today’s Cunningcast guests don’t agree. In fact,... more

Today Tony is conjuring up a history of stage magic: from Reginald Scot's 1584 ‘Discovery of Witchcraft’ to Servais LeRoy... more

Comedian David Mitchell is joining Tony on Cunningcast today. They cover David’s comedy awakening; meeting Robert Webb and the early... more