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KEITH AND PADDY PICTURE SHOW CAR SHARE SPECIALS A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL THIS TIME NEXT YEAR THE HANDMAID’S TALE THE SPLIT SAFE
An all-star cast will join Keith Lemon and Paddy Mcguinness for series two of their hilarious show, which sees them recreate Hollywood classics.
This time, they will be tackling hit movies which include Pretty Woman, Grease, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park and
Top Gun.
Grease will also feature Fearne
Cotton, Stacey
Solomon, Emily Atack and Emma Willis as
The Pink Ladies with Marvin Humes as Kenickie.
And Amanda
Holden will make a special appearance in
Pretty Woman. There was an outpouring of concern when Peter Kay cancelled his live tour due to “unforeseen family circumstances”. But there’s good news – three Car Share specials are coming our way.
The BAFTA award-winning sitcom follows supermarket assistant manager John Redmond (Kay) and promotions rep Kayleigh Kitson, played by Sian Gibson, after they are thrown together in a company car-sharing scheme.
Fans were left on a cliffhanger in 2017 when Kay’s character failed to reciprocate the advances of his car-share colleague, Kayleigh. But the BBC has announced it plans to screen three specials for charity, including a one-off unscripted show.
Lucky fans had a sneak preview last weekend when the final part was screened in Blackpool Opera House in aid of The Lily Foundation, which helps those with mitochondrial disease.
They were even treated to a surprise appearance by Kay himself but sworn to secrecy. The wonderful Ben Whishaw joins Hugh Grant in this three-part period drama based on John Preston’s novel of the same name.
Former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies’s latest programme tells the true story of the first British politician, Jeremy Thorpe (Grant), to stand trial for conspiracy and incitement to murder.
Thorpe lost his career after four men were charged with conspiring to murder Norman Scott, an ex-male model who claimed he’d had a sexual relationship with the
MP at a time when gay sex was illegal. Thorpe continued to deny the claim to his death in 2014. The second series of the dystopian thriller takes the story beyond Margaret Atwood’s original novel, with the new 13-episode season focusing on Offred (Elisabeth Moss) attempting to find her child.
Trailers from the new season, which will be shown in the US before returning to Channel 4, suggest it could be even more brutal than the first. The six-part original drama boasts an impressive female-led ensemble cast and crew, including Last Tango in Halifax’s Nicola Walker, Broadchurch’s Meera Syal, and Grantchester’s Fiona Button.
Written by Suffragette’s Abi Morgan it’s a faced-paced drama about modern marriage and divorce for a group of
London women.