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Robert Dalling

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway starts in hilarious fashion as Alan Partridge cracks Cressida Dick joke

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway started in hilarious fashion this evening as Alan Partridge cracked a cheeky joke about Cressida Dick. The comedy character, played by Steve Coogan, is this week's star guest announcer.

And he didn't take long to get the fun started on this week's episode, as he came out with a one-liner which saw the studio audience burst into laughter.

Pitching the Geordie double act an idea for a 'TV detective series set in the north east', he said: "Two TV tough guy detectives played by you guys, Alf and Dan. It's a little bit like The Wire, except it's called the Why Aye.

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