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Trevor Peacock’s life was a “lesson to all of us” because of the breadth of the achievements in his career, the producer of The Vicar Of Dibley has said. The actor, who was perhaps best known for playing Jim Trott in the comedy series, has died aged 89. Producer Jon Plowman said he will be “sadly missed”. Trevor Peacock (Nick Potts/PA) He added: “It is a lesson to all of us, the breadth of his career, really. “He was a very, very good actor at the National and the Royal Shakespeare Company playing serious roles and a very, very good actor playing Jim Trott on The Vicar Of Dibley...

Star rejected guest appearance Rowan Atkinson turned down a guest role in the Vicar Of Dibley because he thought it was ‘awful’. Creator Richard Curtis had hoped the Blackadder star would play a visiting clergyman in the Dawn French series, after his scene-stealing performance as a vicar in Four Weddings And A Funeral. But the writer got a fairly blunt refusal from his former collaborator. ‘Rowan was supposed to be in it,’ Curtis reveals in a new documentary for the Gold channel. ‘He said he was going to do it and then watched an episode of the show and thought, "fuck that!"

Filming ends on six new episodes The guest cast has been announced for the next series of Inside No 9. Guest stars will include Fleabag’s Sian Clifford, Adrian Dunbar from Line of Duty and comedy favourite Nick Mohammed – while Sir Derek Jacobi becomes the first actor to return to the show, having  providedthe voice of Dennis Fulcher in the series 3 episode The Devil of Christmas. Also joining the sixth season are Patterson Joseph from Peep Show, Lindsay Duncan (A Discovery of Witches), Kevin Bishop (Porridge), Bhavna Limbachia (Coronation Street), Sarah Parish (W1A) and Gemma Whelan (Up...

Part of a new two-hour documentary Never-before-seen rehearsal footage from the Vicar Of Dibley is to be broadcast in a new documentary about the sitcom. The Gold TV channel is to air a two-hour retrospective about the comedy, recorded during the making of  the three mini lockdown episodes aired on BBC One month Star Dawn French and writers Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer have been interviewed for the show, entitled The Vicar Of Dibley: Inside Out, along with producer Jon Plowman, co-star James Fleet. French said: ‘It was a total treat to revisit such a happy place and time for...

Duo's £267,000 windfall as they wind up company Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are sharing a £267,300 windfall after winding up one of their companies. Saunders and French Productions was set up in 1992 to handle some of their earnings – but Companies House documents show the company went into voluntary liquidation last month. In winding the company up, the comics declared it was solvent and would be able to pay any debts, leaving £267,273 to be shared out. The pair were directors of the company along with their agent, Maureen Vincent.  Jon Plowman, the producer of their TV shows, w...