Steve Coogan

Published: Oct. 17, 2015, 10:41 a.m.

Joining Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles is the actor, writer and comedian Steve Coogan. He has won seven comedy awards, six BAFTAs for his work including The Trip and Philomena, and had a box office number one with Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. He discusses his childhood, comedy career and love of cars, including his mum's Morris Minor Traveller. \nDeborah Alma, emergency poet, turns up in a 1970s ambulance - not with a suture but a sonnet. \nIn honour of Alan Partridge JP Devlin visits Cromer to meet some of the locals. \nNinette Finch - an 82 year old grandmother - describes how she became a successful 'extra' in retirement after a career in a bank, and the strange stunts she's been asked to perform. \nColin MacLachan on serving in the SAS before swapping his beret for a mortar board, taking a First in History, and meeting his wife in the line of duty.\nAnd author Tony Parsons shares his Inheritance Tracks: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning by Frank Sinatra and London Pride by Noel Coward.

Easily Distracted by Steve Coogan.\nThe Emergency Poetry - An Anti-Stress Poetry Anthology by Deborah Alma.\nSAS: Who Dares Wins, starts on Channel 4 on Monday 19 October at 9pm.\nThe Slaughter Man by Tony Parsons is out now.

Producer: Louise Corley\nEditor: Karen Dalziel.