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'Soap box for the left': Tories fume at BBC as Rishi Sunak demolished by Ben Elton

AN excoriating takedown of Rishi Sunak on the BBC has triggered fury from Conservatives – who accused the broadcaster of becoming a “soap box…

The National (Scotland)

Ben Elton blasts Rishi Sunak as a ‘mendacious narcissistic sociopath’

The comedian said the PM owed the public honesty but Mr Sunak’s interview on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg was just ‘dripping with vanity’.

The Independent UK

Row as Ben Elton uses BBC to label Sunak ‘narcissistic sociopath’

Row over use of comedians on political show, as Tories complain following Joe Lycett outburst nine months ago

The Independent UK

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Ben Elton skewers 'narcissistic sociopath' Rishi Sunak in extraordinary TV rant

The Blackadder writer and stand-up comedian said he was "depressed" and accused Mr Sunak of being "dripping with vanity" after the PM gave a disappointing "word salad" interview

Daily Mirror

We Will Rock You review – Ben Elton stars as royally ridiculous Queen musical returns

Rousing songs but threadbare plot as Earth has been conquered, renamed iPlanet and – inexplicably – can only be saved by a band of rock’n’rollers

The Guardian - UK

We Will Rock You at the London Coliseum: we will rob you, more like

A lazy, exploitative piece of work

Evening Standard

Bafta watching US writers’ strikes closely, says boss on TV awards red carpet

The ceremony is taking place in London on Sunday.

The Independent UK

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Royal Mail issuing Blackadder stamps to mark 40 years since classic sitcom first aired

The set comprises 12 stamps featuring a range of designs from the show's four series

Wales Online

Queen’s Roger Taylor: “I can’t take Taylor Hawkins out of my phone”

Roger also addressed rumours that his son, Rufus Taylor will be the new drummer in Foo Fighters

MusicRadar

New musical about Twiggy to come to London in September

Her rise from working-class London neighbourhood to superstar model to be charted in Ben Elton’s play

Evening Standard

Musical about ‘first working-class model’ Twiggy to open in London

Writer and director Ben Elton tells story of woman who was ‘most famous teenager in the world’ in the 1960s

The Guardian - UK

Sheila Yarwood obituary

Other lives: Longstanding theatre critic for the Stratford-upon-Avon Herald

The Guardian - UK

Ben Elton reveals secret spat with comedy legend Ronnie Barker at BBC Christmas party

Blackadder star Ben Elton and Ronnie Barker were at a Christmas party held by the BBC when the comic genius accused him of swearing on TV

Daily Mirror

‘We took the sitcom and blew it apart’: how The Young Ones changed comedy for ever

With flying eclairs, falling beds and exploding buses, the anarchic antics of Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike shoved alternative comedy into the mainstream. Forty years on, we ask the show’s creators how they pulled it off

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Robbie Coltrane: Beloved Harry Potter star and esteemed actor

The actor’s role as Hagrid, the lovable quidditch gamekeeper, delighted generations of children

The Guardian - UK

The Liz Truss gags flowed like No 10 plonk: Friday Night Live proves our best satirists are in their 60s

From Ben Elton’s electrifying political routine to Harry Enfield’s force-10 performance, Channel 4’s comedy programme showed that nobody does spiky topicality better than 1980s stars

Manchester Evening News

Channel 4 Gogglebox fans raging over show's replacement which saw a comedian strip naked

This week's episode was replaced by a one-off revival of Friday Night Live

Wales Online

A comedian just got naked on Friday Night Live and viewers can't get over it

Fans of Jordan Gray wouldn't be so surprised with the end as Friday Night Live viewers

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Wales Online

Channel 4 viewers are all saying the same thing about Gogglebox not being on

Viewers are not impressed the show is not on

Liverpool Echo

Gogglebox viewers have their 'night ruined' as show taken off air

Fans hit out at the schedule shake-up

Manchester Evening News

Why is Gogglebox not on Channel 4 tonight and when is it on instead?

The hit Channel 4 show has been moved to a new slot this week

Irish Mirror

Why is Gogglebox not on Channel 4 tonight? Fans left 'devastated' at major schedule shake-up

Viewers are devastated as the show is replaced in its usual 9pm slot by Friday Night Live

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: for one night only, Ben Elton hosts Friday Night Live

A one-off return of the 80s standup show showcases comedy legends and rising stars. Plus, another case for Professor T. Here’s what to watch this evening

Bristol Post

Gogglebox cancelled tonight with fans 'raging' at Channel 4 schedule shake up

Viewers are unimpressed

Nottingham Post

Channel 4 Gogglebox fans fume as show cancelled on Friday night and replaced with Friday Night Live

The fan favourite show won't be shown on Friday

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