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Comic Strip Presents… Red Top: watch Maxine Peake as Rebekah Brooks

Comic Strip Presents... Red Top star Maxine Peake.

In one of her first comic roles since her days in Dinnerladies, Maxine Peake is playing Rebekah Brooks in the latest Comic Strip one-off, alongside Nigel Planer as Rupert Murdoch and Russell Tovey as Andy Coulson. Johnny Vegas, Alexei Sayle, Harry Enfield, James Buckley and John Sessions also star, with Eleanor Matsuura as Wendi Deng.

The trailer for Comic Strip Presents… Red Top.

Comic Strip Presents... Red Top, 20 January, 10pm, Gold; available to catch-up viewers via Sky On Demand, UKTV Play (Virgin Media) and Now TV.

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