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Back, Simon Blackwell’s sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, is the comedy that didn’t want to come back. It always seemed strange that the Channel 4 show about a long-absent foster son who

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year Channel 4, 9.05pm What a 12 months it has been, and host Jimmy Carr will have no shortage of grim themes to choose from as he drills celebrity teams on the ins and outs of 2020. With Stacey Solomon, Richard Ayoade, Joe Lycett, David Mitchell, James Acaster and Maya Jama. December 27 RTÉ One, 6.30pm In advance of a new season, Nicky Byrne and Jennifer Zamparelli look back at some of the dance show’s highlights over the past few years, with brilliant and comic co...

Worzel Gummidge is one of the festive gems on this Christmas Eve Christmas Eve sees Worzel Gummidge on another adventure with his friends, while The Great Christmas Bake Off  crowns a festive baker, and Dawn French delights as Beatrix Potter in Roald and Beatrix. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss tonight.  Our hand-selected recommendations for what’s on TV tonight include three TV shows, a film and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set  Keep up to date with the latest soap sp...

The Great Christmas Bake Off 2020 (C4, 7.40pm) LET’S hope Matt Lucas truly feels at home in the tent now that his first series is over, because for this Christmas special, he won’t have Noel Fielding to guide him. Instead, Bake Off: The Professionals host and Extra Slice regular Tom Allen is on co-presenting duties. They’ll be joined by judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, and four former contestants, Jamie and Rosie from 2019, Ruby from 2018 and James from 2017, who will battle for th...

Joe Cutler *Trish Clowes ( BRC BRC010   44:20 mins Advertisement Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii (2019), the title track to Joe Cutler’s latest release for NMC, is a resplendent, witty and otherworldly saxophone concerto, expertly performed here by its commissioners – the BBC Concert Orchestra and soloist Trish Clowes. The piece is a loose setting of David Mitchell’s dystopian story ‘An Orison of Sonmi~451’ from the novel Cloud Atlas, charting the awakening of the young protagonist as she re...

Link copied Christmas is usually a time to spend with loved ones but sadly this year will be a little different with fewer family members able to mix thanks to the Tier 4 restrictions. This means great Christmas TV is needed more than ever, so what should everyone be watching? Heres a line-up of the best shows which are going to be shown tomorrow, Thursday, December 24, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Trending Christmas Eve Worzel Gummidge: Saucing Nancy To kick off the celebration...

How David Mitchell connected Utopia Avenue to his previous books Christian Holub In one sense, David Mitchell published a new novel this year, titled Utopia Avenue. But in another sense, it was just the latest installment in the great meta-novel that Mitchell has been writing for his whole career. Some of Mitchells novels are very focused on a specific time and place. Utopia Avenue, for instance, is the story of an eponymous 60s British rock band, while 2010s The Thousand Aut...

Shakespeare misses his dads funeral in lockdown storyline Harry Enfield has been written out of Upstart Crow. The comic played William Shakespeare’s cantankerous father, John, in the Ben Elton sitcom, but in last night’s one-off episode, the Bard – as played by David Mitchell –announced that he had died. The script of Lockdown Christmas 1603, drew parallels with the Bubonic Plague of the era and coronavirus. After complaining about the ban on non-essential travel from London to Stratfo...

The Young Ones and Blackadder. The comedy was even due to hit the West End stage this year, before being halted due to restrictions surrounding the pandemic. Get to know the full cast of the show here, which is available in full to stream on BBC iPlayer. Loading the player... David Mitchell as William Shakespeare Writer, comedian and actor David Mitchell stars as the lead in Upstart Crow, and it seems the actor has a large affection for the playwright. Speaking to the Sunday Times this wee...

The most exciting upcoming movies of 2021 and beyond Jack Shepherd © Provided by Total Film Dune If there’s one thing we’ve learnt over the past few months, it’s that nothing is ever set in stone. That’s certainly been the case for upcoming movies and their release dates, anyway – in the face of a global pandemic, we’ve witnessed delays, dates pushed forward, and even movies removed from studios’ release schedules altogether. With cinemas remaining closed due t...