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I like it to be natural out of the moment. so that was a surprise and itprs worked and everybody was quite happ y after that. >> take the merv griffin episode personally was one of my favorite all time seinfeld. y fawhat was the inspiration bed that? >> well, you know, i'm verym inspired when i'm into kramer, and kramer is playing a character. you know, that's that's that'srg the lovely part of that character. playing the character. another character. >> now he's a talk show host. so that's inspiring to meo me because i know we're going to have a lot of fun and the man is going to take me thro...

>> and surveys -- gervais is a liberal. that is why people like jay leno are saying i'm never doing political comedy again. they are killing comedy. >> raymond: comedy also serves an important cultural purpose. it lets of esteem for us culturally. if you're laughing, it is hard to hate. this is a good thing but we should be encouraging more even targeted mean-spirited comedy because if people are laughing that you can have a discussion and you are not hating each other. nobody is getting physically hurt. don rickel would give these people heart attacks and gervais is not the only one. you will...

Accept and embrace your face is liberal but he's like he's like bill maher and all these comedians are like you're killing you're killing our business. and that's why people jay leno say i'm never doing political comedy again, just not doing p l well that they're killing comedy comedy also serves anmo important cultural purpose. it lets off steam for culturally and youou know, ifin you're laughing, it's hard to hate. so this is a good thing. ween should be encouraging more even target mean spiriteded comedy because if people are laughing, you can have a discussion and you're not hitting each o...

Critical of her appointment, seeing her as an attack dog for the prime minister, not least for tweets like the one she put up about, criticising what she called left—wing snowflakes who she said were killing comedy. she has been dubbed the ministerfor were killing comedy. she has been dubbed the minister for culture wars and she told me she doesn't want to engage in culture wars but she does have views on freedom of speech. yes, i hear this all the time, so, yes, people are. but i think freedom of expression is a really important principle of our democracy. and sometimes i think we just need...

Exclusively to our culture editor, katie razzall. she's got a newjob. how does the crown fit? does it suit me? nadine dorries' appointment as culture secretary raised alarm in some parts of the creative industries, but she was relaxed as she toured london's young vic theatre — a far cry from her combative reputation. she's seen by some as a divisive figure, who's been vocal on social media, particularly against the "left—wing snowflakes," as she's put it, who are "killing comedy" and "suppressing free speech". there's this kind of image that's been painted of me that i'm going to go out on...