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We analyse the spatially-resolved stellar populations of 9 local ($z<0.1$)Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) observed with VIMOS in IFU mode. Our sampleis composed of 7 slow-rotating and 2 fast-rotating BCGs. We do not find aconnection between stellar kinematics and stellar populations in this smallsample. The BCGs have shallow metallicity gradients (median $\Delta$[Fe/H] $=-0.11\pm0.1$), high central metallicities (median $[$Fe/H]$_{[\alpha/Fe]=0} =0.13\pm0.07$), and a wide range of central ages (from 5 to 15 Gyr). We proposethat the reason for this is diverse evolutionary paths in BCGs. 67 per cent ofthe sample (6/9) show $\sim 7$ Gyr old central ages, which reflects an activeaccretion history, and 33 per cent of the sample (3/9) have central ages olderthan 11 Gyr, which suggest no star formation since $z=2$. The BCGs show similarcentral stellar populations and stellar population gradients to early-typegalaxies of similar mass (M$_{dyn}> 10^{11.3}$M$_{\odot}$) from theATLAS$^{3D}$ survey (median [Z/H] $= 0.04\pm0.07$, $\Delta$[Z/H] $=-0.19\pm0.1$). However, massive early-type galaxies from ATLAS$^{3D}$ haveconsistently old ages (median Age $=12.0\pm3.8$Gyr). We also analyse the closemassive companion galaxies of two of the BCGs. These galaxies have similarstellar populations to their respective BCGs.

The accretion histories of brightest cluster galaxies from their stellar population gradients