News about Reece Shearsmith

Streamers like Netflix , NOW TV, Britbox and the BBC have taken a stand against shows for their use of racial slurs, sexist language and blackface as 'times have changed.' These shows include the likes of Little Britain, Come Fly With Me, Fawlty Towers and Bo Selecta. Even Ant and Dec 's Saturday Night Takeaway has had episodes pulled over the presenters' use of blackface.

Wallace and Gromit fans were left delighted as the BBC dropped the first look at the highly anticipated Christmas Special on Wednesday afternoon.  The beloved cartoon duo are returning to screens for the first time in 16 years over the festive period and an iconic evil character is set to make an appearance.  The latest trailer gives an exciting glimpse into Wallace and Gromit's next adventure which is called Vengeance Most Fowl.

This week, UK TV writer Kathryn Flett reviews The Responder on BBC 1, Double The Money on Channel 4, Inside No 9 and Suits.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Roll up, roll up! For Britain's character actors, the type who value quirky and often unflattering roles over star billing, this is a last chance. Inside No. 9, the series of half-hour playlets created by the demonically inventive Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, is ending after a ten-year run. And as the show returned for the final time, enough big names were crammed into the opening episode to fill a railway carriage. In the first shot, we glimpsed Mark Bonnar and Siobhan Finneran, both familiar faces in everything from sitcoms (Catastrophe and Benidorm) to hard-bitten dramas (Line Of Duty and Happy Valley). In short order followed Joel Fry (Game Of Thrones), Susan Wokoma (Cheaters), Philippa Dunne (Motherland), Charlie Cooper (This Country) - and wasn't that Matthew Kelly, once the host of Game For A Laugh! and Stars In Their Eyes? Yes, it was.

After ten years on television screens, the star of a hit BBC comedy has paid tribute to the show. The last episode has been shot and the actor took to social media this week to post a snapshot of the final clapperboard.

Reece Shearsmith, a comedian and actor, is only one of Britain's actors who tremble for the Saturday night audience, because they usually fall asleep. Mr Shearsmith told Gavin & Stacey star Rob Brydon's podcast, Brydon &, that audiences' expectations are often higher on a Saturday night, too, saying: 'Saturday night is often, in theatre, a much harder task than you would think'

Daisy May Cooper and Reece Shearsmith's characters were killed after only one series. Since being on the small screen for six episodes in March 2022, the BBC2 sitcom, which had Steve Coogan on board as an executive producer, hasn't been renewed for another run. "Sometimes we have to make difficult decisions, and sadly the Witchfinder will not be returning," a BBC spokeswoman told The Sun newspaper's TVBiz column.

Inside No.9's fan favorite comedy has been announced with a star-studded cast for the new series, which airs this spring. Following a second revival in 2017, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have announced that five stand-alone episodes of their BAFTA Award-winning series will be released for the final time. And now the outstanding talent in the series's final season has been revealed, including Sherlock actor Amanda Abbington, EastEnders actress Anita Dobson, and House of The Dragon's Phil Daniels.

Sarah Vine enjoyed a slew of festive (and scary) viewings from the BBC this week, including Count Magnus and the Inside No. Motherland and the 9 Christmas special: Last Christmas. She enjoyed the comedy-horror and bittersweet energy which comes across in the three programmes (left, Sarah Vine)

Inside No. 2's Filming. After its ninth series debut and a Christmas special episode, 9, 9 is expected to end. Sheridan Smith, the late Helen McCrory, Alison Steadman, and others appear in the hit dark comedy film and television series. However, creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have agreed that now is the 'right time' to put an end to it until filming starts next year.

The Mousetrap is the world's longest running play, but it has never been a film. Agatha Christie has long objected to film adaptations of her books. Damian Jones, a producer from the 1950s, has devised a wonderfully comedic whodunnit set. With the rest of the cast, Sam Rockwell appears as Inspector Stoppard and Saoirse Ronan as Constable Stalker.