{"id":52703,"date":"2024-06-05T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T12:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2051675"},"modified":"2024-06-05T16:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:48:04","slug":"steven-moffats-cancel-culture-comedy-drama-gets-first-trailer-with-hugh-bonneville","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/steven-moffats-cancel-culture-comedy-drama-gets-first-trailer-with-hugh-bonneville\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Moffat\u2019s cancel culture comedy-drama gets first trailer with Hugh Bonneville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Bonneville plays a broadcaster who comes under fire after reportedly making a sexist joke at a wedding. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2024 at 12:58 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Steven Moffat\u2019s new comedy-drama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/douglas-is-cancelled-release-date\/\">Douglas is Cancelled<\/a> is set to air on ITV1 and ITVX later this June, and we\u2019ve now got a full trailer giving us a sense of what to expect.<\/p>\n<p>In the trailer we meet Hugh Bonneville\u2019s Douglas and Karen Gillan\u2019s Madeleine, co-hosts of the programme Live at Six, and get a sense that Madeleine harbours feelings for him.<\/p>\n<p>When Douglas is overheard making a sexist joke at a wedding, someone posts it on Twitter. When Douglas thinks it won\u2019t be an issue, we are then told that it has \u201cgone nuclear\u201d \u2013 because of Madeleine.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the trailer right here now.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Douglas Is Cancelled Official Trailer | ITV\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-t4RuUMDr2Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Alongside Bonneville and Gillan, the series also stars Ben Miles (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-crown-prequels-netflix-explained\/\">The Crown<\/a>), Alex Kingston (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-14-release-date\/\">Doctor Who<\/a>), Nick Mohammed (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/ted-lasso-season-4-release-date\/\">Ted Lasso<\/a>) and Simon Russell Beale (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/house-dragon-season-2-release-date\/\">House of the Dragon<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Moffat previously revealed that viewers won\u2019t find out what Douglas actually said at the wedding until the end of the series, meaning they can make up their own minds about \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/steven-moffat-breaks-down-douglas-is-cancelled-newsupdate\/\">whether he should be cancelled or not<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-steven-moffat-season-15-finale-hint-newsupdate\/\">Doctor Who\u2019s Steven Moffat sparks speculation with season 15 finale hint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/boarders-renewed-season-2-bbc-newsupdate\/\">Boarders renewed for season 2 after critically acclaimed debut on BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIt\u2019s a heated topic and isn\u2019t it funny that everyone has exactly the same opinion, really? Everybody wants to cancel somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bonneville described the series as being \u201ctantalising\u201d, \u201cfunny\u201d and \u201cultimately dark\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Moffat recently returned to write an episode of Doctor Who, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-14-episode-3-boom-steven-moffat-review\/\">Boom<\/a>, for the first time since he ran the show himself, while he has another on the way this Christmas, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/steven-moffat-doctor-who-christmas-2024-special-confirmed-newsupdate\/\">Joy to the World<\/a>.<\/p> <p><strong>Douglas Is Cancelled will air on ITV1 and ITVX in June 2024. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something to watch? <\/strong><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/\">Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <a id=\"OWA71a5a05f-6651-b0f3-aeda-3d3d09b909b1\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Bonneville plays a broadcaster who comes under fire after reportedly making a sexist joke at a wedding. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52704,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/steven-moffats-cancel-culture-comedy-drama-gets-first-trailer-with-hugh-bonneville.jpg",8256,5504,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/steven-moffats-cancel-culture-comedy-drama-gets-first-trailer-with-hugh-bonneville-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/steven-moffats-cancel-culture-comedy-drama-gets-first-trailer-with-hugh-bonneville-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/steven-moffats-cancel-culture-comedy-drama-gets-first-trailer-with-hugh-bonneville-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/steven-moffats-cancel-culture-comedy-drama-gets-first-trailer-with-hugh-bonneville-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/steven-moffats-cancel-culture-comedy-drama-gets-first-trailer-with-hugh-bonneville-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/steven-moffats-cancel-culture-comedy-drama-gets-first-trailer-with-hugh-bonneville.jpg",2048,1365,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Bonneville plays a broadcaster who comes under fire after reportedly making a sexist joke at a wedding.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}