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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

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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

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Robbie Coltrane: Beloved Harry Potter star and esteemed actor

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

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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

Manchester Evening News

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

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

Wales Online

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

Fans hit out at the schedule shake-up

Liverpool Echo

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

Manchester Evening News

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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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Daily Record

Gogglebox fans furious as show cancelled and replaced in huge Channel 4 schedule shake up

Gogglebox is now on Saturday's schedule at 9pm in a huge shake-up for the channel.

Manchester Evening News

Channel 4 Gogglebox fans outraged over 'disgraceful' move after show cancelled on Friday

The hit Channel 4 show usually airs on a Friday at 9pm

Irish Mirror

Gogglebox fans raging as show cancelled and replaced in major Channel 4 schedule shake up

Gogglebox fans weren't happy when they found out Channel 4 wouldn't be airing in its usual slot this Friday. A major schedule shake-up means that another show has taken its place.

Daily Mirror

Gogglebox fans fume as show cancelled and replaced in huge Channel 4 schedule change

Gogglebox fans weren't happy when they found out Channel 4 wouldn't be airing the programme in its usual slot this Friday because another show has taken its place

Daily Mirror

Ben Elton brings back C4 fan favourite Friday Night Live after more than three decades

Ben Elton has spoken of his return to stand-up show Friday Night Live, which 'literally changed British entertainment', for a one-off special to mark 40 years of Channel 4

Bristol Post

Is Gogglebox on? Fans receive 'worst news' as Channel 4 postpones next week's show

Fans of the show have taken to social media to express their disappointment in the scheduling shake up

The Independent UK

The reason I vote Labour is selfish, says Ben Elton

The comedian and screenwriter has long been a vocal supporter of the political party.

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