Paul Gascoigne will be on television at the exact same time as the ITV's new Raoul Moat drama, after it was confirmed that the footballer won't be featured in the series, despite showing up at the killer's final stand-off 13 years ago.
After Moat killed ex Samantha Stobbart's new boyfriend Christopher Brown and left her in hospital, he then shot and blinded PC Rathband as the police officer sat in a patrol car on the outskirts of Newcastle, before heading north to Northumberland.
The killer evaded detection for close to a week, living in the wild in the quiet village of Rothbury, before being involved in a tense stand-off with police, as news channels broadcast live coverage of the unfolding events. Before Moat shot himself dead, there was a bizarre turn in the case, when football legend Gazza headed to Rothbury, armed with a fishing rod, lager and a cooked chicken, convinced he could get through to Moat.
