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MICHAEL’S BIG MISS

- Ian Hislop didn’t think he’d still be a team captain on Have I Got News For You after 30 years, but his late mother wasn’t sure he’d make it past show one. ‘She came to see the pilot in 1990,’ he says. ‘When I asked her for her verdict, she said, “Never m

Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show, a winter BBC1 hit since 2016, has been scrapped for the forseeable future. ‘We’ve parked it,’ says Michael, who can currently be seen in Michael Mcintyre: Showman on Netflix. ‘It will return, in 20somethin­g, but a show filmed in front of a packed theatre and that involves breaking into celebritie­s’ bedrooms is horribly against social distancing rules.’

Liv Tyler has quit her role in Sky drama 9-1-1: Lone Star after just one series. Liv played paramedic

Michelle Blake (pictured) opposite Rob Lowe’s firefighte­r Owen Strand in the drama. ‘We’re leaving the door open for Liv,’ says show boss Tim Minear. ‘We hope she returns further down the line.’

n The writer of the Channel 5 trilogy based on events in Agatha Christie’s life is keen to hear the views of the novelist’s estate on the films (pictured, Helen Baxendale as Agatha in the latest). ‘I’ve had no reaction,’ says Tom Dalton. ‘I’d love to know what they think.’

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