Hugo Chegwin: Last News

Jake Wood said Cheryl caught the giggles while performing 2:22 A Ghost Story in the West End, with the pair “getting in trouble for laughing quite regularly”.The former EastEnders actor, 50, stepped in to reprise his role as Ben in the supernatural thriller after People Just Do Nothing’s Hugo Chegwin had to withdraw from the show due to illness during rehearsals. Wood originally starred in the show alongside singer Lily Allen – in her West End debut – as well as Silent House actress Julia Chan and West End actor Hadley Fraser in the production. Cheryl took over from former Love Island host Laura Whitmore when she joined the new cast for the show, which is running at the Lyric Theatre until April 23, featuring Horrible Histories actress Louise Ford as Lauren and theatre star Scott Karim as Sam.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Three stars of BBC Three’s hit mockumentary People Just Do Nothing are reuniting to develop a Channel 4 comedy about a gang who get more than they bargained for after being involved in a robbery.Deadline understands that Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa and Hugo Chegwin are writing the show, which has the working title The Curse and is housed at Endemol Shine Group’s comedy company Shiny Button Productions.James De Frond, who runs Shiny Button with comedian Tom Davis, directed a pilot of the comedy last year, but a full series is yet to be commissioned. Channel 4 said it is in development with no current filming plans.