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What does Steve Coogan’s Lost King case mean for future biopics?

The appetite for drama based on real events seems insatiable, but a preliminary ruling that a British film defamed the original of one of its characters – along with legal action against Baby Reindeer – may give producers pause for thought

The Guardian - UK

Portrayal of character in Steve Coogan’s film The Lost King is defamatory, judge rules

Coogan, production company Baby Cow and Pathe, the distributors of the 2022 film, will now face a full trial

The Guardian - UK

More than 100 artists tell Starmer to halt arms sales to Israel if he becomes PM

Letter signatories from Steve Coogan to Paloma Faith urge Keir Starmer to ‘take stand’ for human rights and international law

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From Green Wing to Buffy: why classic TV shows are returning – as podcasts

Audio reboots aren’t just fun and fast to make – they’re also a way to create the easiest naked scenes stars will ever record. For the stars of retro television hits, the future is audio

The Guardian - UK

How are you? It's Alan (Partridge): everything we know

How are you? It's Alan (Partridge) follows the famous broadcaster as he examines Britain's mental health

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Joker 2 star Steve Coogan reveals his surprise role in the DC sequel

Steve Coogan has revealed more about his role in Joker 2

Total Film

Shardlake: murder mysteries don’t get more fantastically creepy than this

Set in a spooky Tudor monastery, Arthur Hughes and Sean Bean must solve a fateful crime while all the monks seemingly have secret affairs. It’s fun, knowing TV … I just hope you’ve all done A-level history

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Joker: Folie à Deux trailer breakdown – is it a musical, who is Lady Gaga playing and your biggest questions answered

The first trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux has been released – and we're here to answer your most pressing questions about it.

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Steve Coogan and makers of The Lost King sued by academic over his portrayal in the film

The former deputy registrar of the University of Leicester claims the 2022 movie presented him as ‘dismissive, patronising and misogynistic’

The Guardian - UK

Steve Coogan facing libel claim over ‘weasel-like’ portrayal in Richard III film

Richard Taylor, formerly deputy registrar of the University of Leicester, is bringing legal action over a portrayal of him in the film The Lost King.

Evening Standard

Steve Brown obituary

Composer and lyricist who was a long-time collaborator of Steve Coogan and Harry Hill, and co-created the award-winning musical Spend, Spend, Spend

The Guardian - UK

Steve Coogan to return as Alan Partridge in BBC mockumentary

Six-episode series will follow the fictional presenter as he reintegrates into UK life after a year in Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - UK

‘One-off talent’: UK comedy composer Steve Brown dies aged 66

Hit composer scored TV and radio as well as the stage shows X-Factor and TONY!

The Guardian - UK

‘A total cringe-fest’: the TV letdowns of the year

From dramas with dialogue so schmaltzy you want to dry heave to possibly the worst TV show in history, there have been plenty of televisual disappointments in 2023. Here are the biggest stinkers

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Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy review – an unforgettable celebration of comedy brilliance

Craig Cash and other friends and collaborators look back at the phenomenal, but sadly all-too short, career of a woman who insisted comedy didn’t need jokes, only people

The Independent UK

‘I’d never seen anything like it’: How Caroline Aherne changed comedy

A new BBC Arena film exploring the work of the co-creator and star of ‘The Royle Family’ will air on Christmas Day, seven years after her death. Katie Rosseinsky speaks to the filmmakers about her comedy legacy

The Guardian - UK

After Harry’s phone hacking victory, is it last orders for tabloid top brass?

Some commentators now believe that the duke’s crusade against the popular press will finally bring about a reckoning

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Steve Coogan: phone-hacking ruling reveals ‘systemic concealment’

Actor and comedian says Prince Harry’s partial high court win shows need for tighter press regulation

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The Independent UK

Top judge says anyone who lied to phone hacking inquiry should be prosecuted for perjury

He also accused TV presenter and former Mirror editor Piers Morgan of ‘shameful reaction’ to court ruling

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Alan Carr 'buzzing' about great Changing Ends news

ITV has revealed the fate of Changing Ends, a semi-autobiographical sitcom about the young lif of comedian and TV star, Alan Carr.

The Guardian - UK

Michael Winterbottom: ‘Studying English at Oxford University was a mistake’

The director, 62, tells Michael Segalov about vertigo, risk aversion, shouting to get attention and how Steve Coogan makes things easy

The Guardian - UK

Big Beacon by Alan Partridge audiobook review – pomposity takes flight

Steve Coogan narrates the TV presenter’s attempts to resuscitate his career and ‘emigrate’ to the Kent coast

The Independent UK

Louis Theroux on whether he thinks BBC Savile drama The Reckoning is in ‘bad taste’

Documentary maker infamously interviewed Savile in 2000

The National (Scotland)

'Flag-waving idiots': Steve Coogan in scathing takedown of royalists

STEVE Coogan has slated royal family fans as “flag-waving idiots” who he is “not keen” on.

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan says royal family subjugates the working class as he hits out at royalist ‘idiots’

Comic said that the royal family ‘keeps the foot on the throat of working class people’

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