Michael Sheen is in for the “grill of a lifetime” in new BBC show The Assembly.

The BBC program will feature interviews with Michael Sheen by people with autism, neurodivergence or learning disabilities.

The half-hour special, titled The Assembly, which will air during Autism Acceptance Week later this year, will feature around 35 interviewers questioning the Welsh actor and director.

The BBC advises viewers to expect chaos and revelations during the “uncompromising” interview, as Sheen, known for comedy Good Omens and vampire series Underworld, faces the “grilling of his life.”

The Newport-born actor, 55, said he was “excited” to be hosting.

He said: “It’s such a fresh and exciting idea and I’m looking forward to something that’s sure to be surprising and challenging.

“I really don’t know what to expect, which is both exciting and a little scary.”

The show’s format is an adaptation of the popular France 2 show Les Rencontres Du Papotin, which featured President Emmanuel Macron and Call My Agent! grilled actress Camille Cottin.

During the series, Macron, 46, was asked if “marrying a teacher is really a role model,” pointing to his relationship with his wife Brigitte Macron, 70, whom he met at his school.

He responded by saying that you don’t choose who you “love.”

The show was also performed in Spain, Denmark and Poland.

Kalpna Patel-Knight, BBC head of entertainment commissioning, said: “The BBC is delighted to bring The Assembly to viewers. It’s a feel-good, standout entertainment program unlike anything viewers have seen before.

“A big thank you to Michael Sheen for agreeing to do an uncompromising interview with the wonderful interviewers who bring the show to life.”

The series will be produced by Michelle Singer and Stu Richards of Rockerdale Studios.

Together they created Mission: Accessible, about disabled people going on an adventure, and the dark comedy Jerk, which focuses on an unpleasant main character with cerebral palsy.

Singer and Richards hailed the show as “the most extraordinary project” they had ever worked on.

They said: “It’s a brilliant portrayal of a part of society we rarely see of the institution on screen, but more than that, it’s also mischievous, funny, profound and can go from one thing to another in the blink of an eye.”

The program will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in April.