Even ignoring Nick Park, Holly Washington, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Pete Postlethwaite etc it's sort of magnificent that the culture secretary hasn't noticed that Sally Wainwright has made "drama set within ten miles of Halifax" a standalone TV genre.

But if he can't spot the problem with the advice he's getting then he's just demonstrating he doesn't have the judgement to be PM.

Really enjoyed it recently when "why do Japanese and Mediterranean people live longer?" was answered by "pension fraud"

I think this will forever be my favourite tweet from the other place.

In his splendid autobiography 'A Moment Towards the End of the Play', Tim West suggests the following for his tombstone, in memory of many terrible detective thrillers from his early days in Rep:
"Is he...?" "I'm afraid so"

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