Stephen K Amos: Me? I Blame The Parents

Comedian, columnist, broadcaster and peer of the House of Lords, Baroness Ayesha Hazarika MBE, reminisces with Stephen about being the child of first-generation migrants. Ayesha talks about the pressure to succeed and the challenges of cultural integration while staying true to your roots. How to navigate Quran lessons, Scottish country dance classes and elocution training on very busy Saturday mo...

Surrealist comedian, writer and self-proclaimed connoisseur Paul Foot has been called ‘a rare exotic bird’ by the press, but Stephen just calls him a bloody funny friend. Join Stephen and Paul as they wax lyrical about first memories, first words and how bickering is a pastime. However, they don’t want to become like their parents. Paul asks the ultimate curve-ball question: is the internet as big...

Writer, broadcaster and comedian Jo Caulfield joins Stephen to talk about inheriting a steely backbone of strength from her Mum and a childlike playfulness from her Dad. Due to her father’s job in the Air Force, Jo constantly moved home as a child, meaning there were always new people to meet and dinner parties to throw. She chats about the delights of blackcurrant tea, Knickerbocker Glories and c...

Award-winning comedian, writer and animator Howard Read discusses how he got the stand-up gene from his mum’s family of firebrand preachers, and how his dad’s way of showing him love was to invest in him like a start-up. Howard talks about struggling with undiagnosed dyslexia as a child which, in fact, inspired him to become a comedy writer. Plus, how his animated comedy creation, Little Howard, i...

Emmy Award nominated, multi-award winning comedy writer Christine Rose tells us her father was a veterinary surgeon. She jokes about how, one day, inadvertently taking animal drugs cured her eye infection. Christine talks about making up funny stories when she was a child, how she could always make her dad laugh. Her father finally understood her job when she got writing credit on ‘Have I Got News...

Actor, comedian and TV Presenter Terry Alderton chats with Stephen about how you can be good mates with your parents, even if your Dad's half asleep. Terry reveals being a little rotter to his sister, but how she'd still give him her last cream egg. And Terry reveals how his childhood imaginary friend became a major part of his unique stand-up. Terry Alderton is an award-winning comedian a...