{"id":53407,"date":"2024-06-17T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T19:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2057073"},"modified":"2024-06-18T00:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T22:37:58","slug":"hugh-bonneville-admits-douglas-is-cancelled-is-comedy-but-goes-into-dark-territory","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/hugh-bonneville-admits-douglas-is-cancelled-is-comedy-but-goes-into-dark-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Bonneville admits Douglas Is Cancelled is comedy, but goes into \u201cdark territory\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

“It made me roar with laughter but, as with all good satire, the laughter gradually turned to ice.” <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 17 June 2024 at 19:00 PM<\/p>

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Steven Moffat\u2019s new comedy-drama, Douglas Is Cancelled<\/a>, is set to air on ITV1 and ITVX this month, and its star Hugh Bonneville has teased that viewers can expect a tonally shifting series, with some intense highs and lows.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, Bonneville said that the script, which charts the downfall of a TV news presenter<\/a> after he makes a joke at a wedding which is deemed to be sexist, \u201cconstantly surprised me with its changes of direction and tone\u201d.<\/p>\n

He explained: \u201cIt made me roar with laughter but, as with all good satire, the laughter gradually turned to ice as the questions raised by the comedy became more stark\u2026 harsher.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the twists and turns are toe-curlingly funny, but by the end, the lights have gone out, the fun has evaporated and we\u2019re into dark territory. To read the whole thing in one sitting was as riveting as it was uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nick Mohammed as Morgan, Ben Miles as Toby, Simon Russell Beale as Bently Cassok, Hugh Bonneville as Douglas, Karen Gillan as Madeline and Alex Kingston as Sheila in Douglas is Cancelled.<\/span><\/figcaption> Hartswood Films for ITV and ITVX<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Alongside Bonneville, the series also stars Karen Gillan as Douglas\u2019s co-anchor Madeleine, while Simon Russell Beale, Nick Mohammed, Ben Miles and Alex Kingston all take on supporting roles.<\/p>\n

Miles spoke about the show\u2019s treatment of cancel culture as an issue, saying that \u201call this stuff needs to be talked about and dramatised in the right way\u201d.<\/p>\n

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