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Bridgerton fans may have to double-take as one villain from the show has landed a new role on a BBC drama, but is completely unrecognisable. Episode 2 of BBC comedy-drama Ludwig, which airs on Wednesday, will see Jamie Beamish, who played Bridgerton villain Nigel Berbrooke - take on a guest-role as Ben Naylor, and he looks and sounds completely different. In the Netflix show, set between 1813 and 1827, Jamie can be seen clean shaven with a curly quiff and iconic sideburns.

Peep Show duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb will be reuniting on TV for the first time since 2021, collaborating with younger comedians in a new sketch comedy show.The as-yet-untitled series will consist of six half hour episodes, with the pair being joined by up and coming performers Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin, and Krystal Evans. The show will air on Channel 4, who confirmed the news via press release. The broadcaster described the new project as “a bold return to British sketch comedy with an innovative merging of comedy minds across generations”.In the release, Mitchell and Webb released a statement that read: “When Channel 4 asked us to do another sketch show we were startled, bemused and available.

Channel 4 is bringing back its big guns with a Russell T. Davies drama and the return of a David Mitchell and Robert Webb sketch comedy after 15 years.

BAFTA Award-winner Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland) is set as a lead opposite Rhys Ifans in Apple TV+‘s upcoming series Star City, a spinoff from the streamer’s space race drama For All Mankind.

Taskmaster have been announced, with a new line-up of comedians and actors looking to fulfill host Greg Davies’ variety of obstacles.The new show coincides with the 10th anniversary of the first series, which debuted in July 2015. Since then, the show has gone on to air in 120 countries, and found success on YouTube with 1.6million subscribers and 895million views since their official channel launched.

HBO show Succession, Jesse Armstrong, has announced his next project, an original movie set around a financial crisis.The film is still being written, but the network is fast-tracking it to start production later this year.Armstrong is writing the as-yet-untitled film, which he will also produce alongside Succession executive producer Frank Rich. Details about the plot are being kept under wraps, but Deadline reports that it follows the story of four friends who convene during a dramatic international financial crisis.Succession ran from 2018 to 2023, telling the story of media mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and the fight among his family to take over from him when he announces his retirement.The show achieved 75 Emmy nominations and 19 wins, including three Outstanding Drama Series awards.

Performing her stand-up show by night and caring for her children by day means Katherine Ryan is run off her feet. Yet despite driving for hours to make sure she’s home after nearly every gig, the mum-of-three admits she still feels overwhelmed by mum guilt. “It is different touring as a mum.

EXCLUSIVE: Ludwig has taken its first steps to a potential U.S. remake after the David Mitchell cozy crime series became the BBC‘s biggest comedy launch since 2018.

David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s sitcom Back is set to receive an American remake at the hands of HBO.The show premiered on Channel 4 in 2017, and was followed by a second season in 2021, following lengthy delays from Webb’s heart surgery and then COVID-19.Mitchell played Stephen Nichols in the show, a 42-year-old who is set to take over the family pub in Stroud, Gloucestershire after the death of his father. However, his plans are interrupted when Webb’s Andrew Donnelly, Stephen’s estranged foster brother, returns and causes family tension.Back was created by Simon Blackwell, who has also worked on Peep Show, The Thick Of It, Veep and Breeders, and now it has been confirmed that Blackwell is working on the HBO remake of the show.In an interview with Deadline, Kenton Allen, the CEO of Big Talk Studios, which oversaw the Channel 4 version, confirmed the news that the US version is in the works.Meanwhile, last year, NME caught up with Mitchell and Webb about the 20th anniversary of their previous Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is developing a remake of Back, the British comedy starring Peep Show actors David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

BBC viewers were in agreement about new show Ludwig after it aired for the first time last night - with many having the same complaint. Peep Show and Would I Lie To You? star David Mitchell plays John Taylor in the new BBC One comedy-drama series, which sees him visiting his sister-in-law, Lucy Betts-Taylor.

BBC One is gearing up for the debut of its latest detective drama, Ludwig, set to premiere tonight, Wednesday, 25 September 2024, at 9pm.

Chris McCausland, the comedian who made history as the first blind contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2024, once had a bit of a tiff with his wife Patricia on TV.The couple, who live in London with their daughter Sophie, appeared on David Mitchell's Outsiders where they were asked by Alan Davies to rate their relationship happiness on a scale of 1 to 10. Patricia responded: "I'll go for a good, solid nine and a half.

Fans of Strictly Coming Dancing have been left distracted with Craig Revel Horwood's dramatic new look, with many comparing them to some unlikely TV favourites. The 59-year-old choreographer, who has appeared in all but one series since its inception, joins fellow judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke on Saturday during the much-anticipated 20th-anniversary launch show.

Hugh Grant is crediting the Wachowskis with reviving his career.

Comedian and actor Lee Mack looks unrecognisable without his trademark beard, in unearthed photographs,.The star can be seen without his usual facial hair in the pictures, making him look entirely different to his usual self. Lee, 55, who is known for hosting The 1% Club, can be seen smiling for the camera in one snap, taken at The Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards in 2005. He sports longer hair than usual with a small bit of stubble on his face.

Death in Paradise burst onto BBC One back in 2011 with Ben Miller - who starred as neurotic detective Richard Poole - becoming the first of many actors to lead the show. However, a very different British star was originally cast as DI Richard, show creator Robert Thorogood has revealed. The screenwriter and novelist, who is promoting the latest book in his Marlow Murder Club series The Queen of Poisons, revealed in an exclusive chat with OK! that Would I Lie To You panellist and Peep Show star David Mitchell was originally cast as Richard Poole.

Peep Show fans are very happy about the discovery.Celebrating its 20th anniversary last year, Peep Show documented the increasingly tragic lives of bank manager Mark Corrigan (played by David Mitchell) and his layabout flatmate/ occasional musician Jeremy Usborne (played by Robert Webb). The show also featured the characters’ friends and partners, including the drug addict Super Hans (played by Matt King) and Olivia Colman as Sophie.Now, Zodiac Court in Croydon, which is Apollo House in the show – the place where Mark and Jez’s flat was located – is being redeveloped.In a digital image of the new development, fans have spotted what appears to be an Easter egg linking the show.One image features what appears to be a retail unit called ‘SuperHans’, in reference to the show’s beloved character.Check out the image here:A post shared by Dobby Club (@dobbyclub06)Last year, Peep Show co-writer Sam Bain revealed that they received offers to turn the hit Channel 4 sitcom into a play.Speaking to NME, Bain said that he and fellow co-writer Jesse Armstrong (Succession) had to reject the proposal because they couldn’t figure out how to make the show work on stage.The iconic comedy was shot through a POV perspective with the actors performing to camera, while the characters’ internal thoughts were added as narration.

Johnny Marr appeared on an episode of Would I Lie To You this evening (February 9) and recounted a “true story” about getting egged in Manchester as a teenager.Would I Lie To You? – which was first broadcast back in 2007 – is presented by Rob Brydon (Gavin & Stacey, The Trip), and the award-winning programme’s current team captains are David Mitchell (Peep Show) and Lee Mack (Not Going Out).Per an official description, the trio “encourage their guests to tell the tallest of tales” to the opposing team across three rounds: ‘Home Truths’, ‘This is My…’ and ‘Quick-Fire Lies’. Teams are awarded a point for correctly guessing whether a story is true or not, but their rival team gets a point if they guess incorrectly.After being described as “this show’s coolest ever guest” by comedian Mack, Marr tried to convince the other contestants that he was telling the truth about the time he was egged after getting sacked from his job at a local co-op in Manchester.Marr had a job as a teenager “stacking shelves” and “eggs” in the shop for around three weeks before he was “let go”, he told the contestants.

Celebrity mums welcoming children later in life is becoming increasingly more common, with many opting to spend their 20s and 30s child-free. While having a baby over the age of 35 is still medically referred to as a 'geriatric' pregnancy, many big names in showbiz have had happy and healthy pregnancies and births later in life. From TV presenters to reality stars, a number of A-list women have welcomed a baby in their 40s and even 50s.

David Mitchell has broken his silence after welcoming his second baby with wife Victoria Coren Mitchell last week.