Melvyn Bragg looks back to his previous South Bank Show meeting with Billy Connolly and reflects on the Glaswegian's remarkable career in comedy.

Melvyn Bragg looks back on his entertaining 2002 meeting with Joan Rivers in a warm-hearted tribute to the late New York comedian.

Melvyn Bragg looks back at Sir Ian McKellen's appearances on The South Bank Show, tracing his rise from the National Theatre to Hollywood stardom.