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Strictly Come Dancing since 2017, has had reasonable success with her celebrity partners. Currently teamed up with Kiss Radio DJ Tyler West, things are looking positive, but in the last three series of the BBC show, Diane has made her exit in week four.This was something that young viewer Amelia picked up on when she wrote to Diane, who then shared it with her 867,000 followers on Instagram.Videoing herself at Elstree Studios, after having done rehearsals for the live Strictly show, which airs tomorrow, Diane sat in front of her camera to share some of the gifts and letters she is sent by fans.Posting on her Instagram stories she said: “So I am at the studio and I am opening some lovely gifts that you guys have sent in.”The Australian-born dancer then continued to say: “This is one of my little faves.

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.

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.

Robert Webb announced that he pulled out of Strictly Come Dancing back in 2021, much to the shock of fans and viewers.The comedian and actor, then aged 49, revealed that he left the BBC show for the sake of his health, admitting he had "bitten off more than he could chew", two years after having open heart surgery. Robert said in a statement, read out on spin-off show It Takes Two at the time: "I’m extremely sorry to have to announce that I’m withdrawing from Strictly Come Dancing due to ill health.Two years ago I had open heart surgery and although I believed I was fit enough to take on Strictly and its demanding schedule, it became clear that I had bitten off way more than I could chew for this stage in my recovery.

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

Peep Show star Matt King says he wants the show to return for a Christmas special this year after a demand from fans. It comes after a meme did the rounds over the weekend that showed a Peep Cast reunion alongside an image of Liam and Noel Gallagher, following news of the brother’s reunion and 2025 live tour. “The reunion we wanted,” the meme was titled.After garnering more than 1.5 million likes, Peep Show actor King shared it and tagged the show’s creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, plus the show’s stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb asking if they were “all over this”.He wrote: “1.5 million views in a day! Are you all over this @sambaintv and @jessearmstrong1 @RealDMitchell and @arobertwebb? And lo, the people have spoken.

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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.

Former EastEnders star Danielle Harold may left the BBC soap just last summer and now she's moving onto an exciting new TV project alongside a host of other TV stars. However, the actor has admitted that she was filled with anxiety ahead of the gig.

The latest series of Strictly Come Dancing is in full swing with sequin-clad celebrities taking to the dance floor with their professional partners and high hopes of impressing the judges.

Peep Show has been a much-loved Sitcom on TV screens since 2003 and David Mitchell is still famed for his bumbling, nerdy character Mark, alongside his comedy partner Robert Webb as Jeremy.

Peep Show co-writer Sam Bain has revealed that they received offers to turn the hit Channel 4 sitcom into a play.Speaking exclusively 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.Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, 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 iconic comedy was shot through a POV perspective with the actors performing to camera, while the characters’ internal thoughts were added as narration. This format proved to be revolutionary, but it was one Bain and Armstrong knew they wouldn’t be able to replicate on stage.“There was an offer to do a live Peep Show, a stage show, after the last series, which we did carefully consider because it was coming from some proper people,” said Bain.

Ricky Gervais was among those who managed to save Peep Show from cancellation in its early days.The cult sitcom, which starred David Mitchell and Robert Webb as dysfunctional housemates Mark and Jeremy, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week.In a piece reflecting on the show’s legacy with The Guardian, script editor Iain Morris discussed how Channel 4 were not keen on the show in its infancy, and considered cancelling it.“The channel hated it because it wasn’t rating and they didn’t really understand it,” Morris explained. “I spent a lot of time defending it, probably to the detriment of my career.”Gervais, however, was one of the show’s big early supporters, and helped the network decide to keep it on air.“He kept talking about it.

For fans of the BBC dance competition, every weekend from now until mid-December will be marked by the glitz and glamour of the ballroom, the biting comments of notoriously tough judge Craig Revel Horwood, charming hosting by Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly, and the tension of Sunday night results shows. As well as the celeb stars, fans of the show can't wait for the return of our much-loved Strictly professionals, including the talented Dianne Buswell. Dianne joined the show back in 2017 and has gone on to have some pretty successful routines and celebrity partners, including her now-boyfriend Joe Sugg, who she reached the final with back in 2018.

Netflix viewers have slammed the streaming service because of the removal of two very popular shows. Many fans have reported their dismay about the axed programmes on social media and said they will no longer be subscribing.

Succession fans have shared a bunch of references to Peep Show from the HBO series.Peep Show was co-created by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, who also collaborated together on Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat. Armstrong later went on to create HBO’s Succession, which recently wrapped its fourth and final season.Throughout Succession’s run, fans have highlighted various references to Peep Show, which starred David Mitchell and Robert Webb as dysfunctional flatmates Mark and Jeremy.A number of these references have been listed by Twitter user @PodcastPharoahs, including a character called Stefan Strauss on the investigation committee in Succession season two.

David Mitchell is returning to the BBC for genre-bending detective comedy Ludwig, which features on a five-strong comedy slate alongside Hulu co-production Dinosaur and a show from The Duchess star Michelle de Swarte.

Robert Webb has described his heart surgery as a “gift” as it forced him to think about his health and put himself first. The actor and comedian, 50, is best known for appearing alongside David Mitchell in Channel 4 comedy Peep Show, where he plays unemployed musician Jez, and in sketch show That Mitchell And Webb Look. In 2019, he had a routine medical check during filming for the second series of his Channel 4 sitcom Back, alongside Mitchell, which revealed he had a congenital heart defect.

Peep Show, the long-running British comedy starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, is getting another shot in the U.S.