How did doing a “life under pandemic” special come about? The BBC said, “Will you do a Wipe show?” And I said no. Because as soon as I stopped doing them, I didn’t miss them at all. And so we were exploring other things we could do, and with all the restrictions, it became apparent the “Wipe” format was sort of ideal.

Source: New York Times May 21, 2020 14:15 UTC