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TV tonight: Our highlights for Wednesday, May 17

Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

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ITV This Morning studio in stitches at BGT star Abi Carter-Simpson's ukulele rendition

The Essex primary teacher appeared on the latest instalment of Britain's Got Talent when the auditions headed to London on Saturday and she spoke of Victoria Wood being her idol during the ITV show.

Daily Record

Netflix’s The Diplomat full cast list and where you know them from

Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell front Netflix’s new political thriller

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If the lid snaps shut on Tupperware, we’ll all be sorry

Suburbia, feminism, the Queen’s breakfast: you could tell a history of the 20th century through those plastic lifesavers, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Rosie Jones: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

From Tom Hanks on Saturday Night Live to goats singing Taylor Swift, the British comedian and big procrastinator is here to provide

The Guardian - AU

Miranda Hart: ‘My preshow rituals? A banana and a poo’

The comedian on getting permission to be silly from Eric Morecambe, meeting the Spice Girls and how Comic Relief brings people together

The Guardian - UK

Right Dishonourable Friend review – nepo baby MP lands in Lancashire in heartfelt comedy

Phoebe Batteson-Brown is archly comic as the clueless Perdita but it’s the subplot about a queer teenager and the hypocrisy of politics that has real depth to it

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Strictly's Jayde Adams says women on the show 'get it in the neck' following exit

The Bristol comedian found herself in the dance off after the BBC centenary special

Wales Online

Strictly fans hit out at 'bonkers' and 'unbearable' theme song choices

This weekend Strictly Come Dancing celebrated 100 years of the BBC with a themed programme

Bristol Post

Strictly star Jayde Adams' hilarious response to 'heavy flat footed lesbian' jibe

The judges were split over Jayde's performance on Saturday night

Bristol Post

BBC Strictly fans complain it's 'not fair' as they're distracted by 'bonkers' song choices

Strictly Come Dancing fans were not impressed by the music

Manchester Evening News

Victoria Wood's heartbreaking last six months as Strictly Come Dancing honour comedian

Victoria Wood's career spanned four decades after appearing on talent show New Faces she has become one of the UK's comedy and acting all time greats and her legacy lives on through her work since her passing in 2016

Daily Mirror

BBC Strictly Come Dancing changes confirmed for week 5 with nod to Line of Duty

Here is what's coming up

Nottingham Post

Jayde Adams' next Strictly dance pays homage to BBC and Victoria Wood

This weekend's episode will see the couples dance to iconic TV tracks from BBC shows as the broadcaster celebrates its 100th birthday

Bristol Post

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All the classic TV themes BBC Strictly stars are dancing to this week including Grange Hill and The Apprentice

The dance competition will be celebrating 100 years of the BBC

The Guardian - UK

‘The cultural memory of the UK’: unearthing the hidden treasures of the BBC archive

For years the corporation has been digitising its vast reserve of content, turning up lost footage of everyone from General Eisenhower to Victoria Wood. Meet the team bringing a century of footage back to life

The Guardian - UK

From Blackadder to Blackstuff to Blobby: 100 years of the BBC, part seven

Some of the greatest ever TV airs, Saturday nights get a Crinkley Bottom takeover – and the new comedy royalty are crowned

The Guardian - UK

Mastermind’s Gestapo origins, immortal sitcoms and the birth of reality TV: 100 years of the BBC, part six

From ‘Basil!’ to ‘lovely jubbly’, welcome to the age of the classic sitcom – and the dawn of a new genre where nothing was off the table apart from ‘making love and going to the lavatory’

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BBC Dinnerladies cast now over 20 years on - Corrie favourite, Hollywood fame, tragic death and addiction troubles

The BBC comedy ran for two series between 1998 to 2000

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Theatre Festival 2022 line up confirmed with musicals, drag queens, comedy and more

The first eight acts for this year's festival have been revealed

The Guardian - UK

Gavin Millar obituary

Film and television director and leading light of arts journalism in the 1960s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

I’m Sorry, I [Still] Haven’t a Clue … how radio’s smuttiest show has beaten the censors for 50 years

Innuendo, tone-deaf singing and dreadful wages: as the cherished BBC panel game celebrates its half century, we look back at its finest moments – and its future

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Collaboration; Good Fun

Warhol and Basquiat prove fertile inspiration for writer Anthony McCarten, while an early play by Victoria Wood reveals more than a glimpse of the marvels to come

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