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Actor. Writer. Strangler.

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Joined July 2010
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5 years
You do...um...know the story of Icarus?
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Nigel Farage is the Brexit Icarus. Here's how he can see us fly out of the EU to freedom | Hunter DuBose
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5 years
Please can at least one broadcaster confront Hancock, Rudd, Gove and Javid with the fucking footage of them saying they would never prorogue Parliament? An age of zero accountability. Everything is rotten. I absolutely despair.
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It was one of the great joys of my life to work so closely with and to adore Una Stubbs. She was a wonderful, wonderful woman and a great and serenely graceful actor. Mischief was in her blood. We were so blessed that she became our imperishable Mrs Hudson. Goodbye, darling. โค๏ธ
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Boris Johnson's Drag name: Diana Ditch.
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I don't like to spread bad feeling and I know it's toxic to store up hate - but I HATE Boris Johnson.
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Mark Gatiss ๐Ÿ’™
3 years
My dear old Dad passed away this morning just shy of his 90th birthday. Maurice was a wonderful man and a real character right to the end. Huge thanks to the brilliant staff on Ward 16 of #NHS Bishop Auckland Hospital for all their kindnesses. Go well, my beloved father. โค๏ธ
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Goodbye, old friend. The best of dogs and the best of pals. So many wonderful memories of our dearest Bunsen. โฆHard to express how much we'll miss him. At peace now. X
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I wonโ€™t believe it till thereโ€™s a stake through his heart and the ground heโ€™s coffined in is sewn with salt.
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These hateful shits suddenly deciding they have principles having relentlessly defended a man they knew from the very beginning was unfit to hold office.
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"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."
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End of penultimate week of #Sherlock shoot. Luckily our Europop album 'Sauerkraut' is out soon!
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7 years
Thanks for all your kind words about 'Twice Upon a Time'. Here's Peter on his last day, wearing Jon Pertwee's jacket from 'Planet of the Daleks'!
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4 years
This is like when someone decides, against all advice, to represent themselves in court.
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3 years
Unbearable and unbelievable that Helen McCrory has gone. A genuine firecracker with an aching vulnerability. A wonderful actor and a wonderful woman. Thoughts with Damian and family. RIP
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Taxi driver in Durham. 'Did you lads vote Leave?' 'No'. 'I did.' 'Why?' 'Because I remember the old days'. Wanted to say 'What, the Seventeenth Century?' But I just looked out of the window.
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Look at this hateful column of dust. Tells you everything.
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Terrific news! And about time. A new dawn. Congratulations to the excellent Jodie Whittaker. Here we go again...! #DoctorWho
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Wait...what?
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Jabbed! Fantastic, friendly, straightforward procedure.
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6 years
Language is a crucial part of the mess we're in. For example, using 'Brexiteer' - invoking images of a rakish rogues - rather than the more banal 'Brexiter'. And the use of 'Boris' rather than "mendacious fucking sociopathic pile of grey meat paste with a mop on it".
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Well, I've managed to avoid all spoilers and, for the first time in 13 years, I know absolutely nothing about the adventures to come. It's #DoctorWho day! All love and luck to Jodie Whittaker, Chris Chibnall and the whole team. Here we go again!
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There was no one quite like Cribbins. A gifted comic actor with an incredible seam of pathos and real heart. From Sellers to Star Turn, Wombles to Wilf. I once gushed to him about his lovely performance in Hammerโ€™s โ€˜Sheโ€™. That afternoon he was off to play 5 aside - aged almost 90
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#TheTraitors Best telly in donkeys. Takeaways: 1) Linear TV isnโ€™t dead. 2) Aaron. 3) Aaronโ€™s trousers. 4) AMANDA. 5) Aaron again. 6) John was evil incarnate. 7) Aaronโ€™s sublime innocence. Also his trousers. 8) Claudiaโ€™s jumpers. 9) Meryl still doesnโ€™t know whatโ€™s going on.
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I loathe this mendacity -made-flesh more than I can say. I wish he would just fuck off forever.
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3 years
Christ. The bots and flag-fuckers Iโ€™m blocking after my vaccine tweet. The world has gone mad.
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Barry Cryer was the real deal. An incredibly funny man who worked with - and wrote for - the giants of comedy. Yet he remained forever curious and delighted by whatever was fresh and original. Kind, encouraging, generous and a one off. Goodbye, Cheeky. โค๏ธ
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2 years
Itโ€™s the hope that kills you though, isnโ€™t it?
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4 years
Hancock is a fucking joke. A word -salad of contradictory nonsense, platitudes and flat out lies. Nodding along and laughing like heโ€™s been the victim of a โ€˜Gotchaโ€™. #Marr
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It may be November 1st but souls can still be harvested. Vote Rees-Morgue!
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So proud to be representing Iceland this year! #Eurovision
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Back 2. #Sherlock
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"Fascism is coming; probably a slimy Anglicised form of Fascism, with cultured policemen instead of Nazi gorillas and the lion and the unicorn instead of the swastika." George Orwell. 'The Road to Wigan Pier'.
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Here we go! Baffled old men. You'll never leave...
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Iโ€™d like to enjoy this madness. But itโ€™s frightening. Trumpian. Weโ€™re through the looking glass.
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I spy Series Four... #Sherlock
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Mark Gatiss ๐Ÿ’™
4 years
Hello! In honour of the 10th anniversary of #Sherlock , Steven and I will answer a chosen 10 questions generated by this tweet, and weโ€™ll put up our answers here later (hopefully!) in video form. The Game is (briefly) on!
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Paul Ritter. What an actor. What a presence. So shocked and saddened by this awful news. RIP.
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Happy Pride! โค๏ธ๏ธ
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Well, this was a lovely surprise!
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Immediate and obvious editorialising from BBC News referring to Tusk saying "there's a special place in Hell for Leave-supporting politicians". That is not what he said. They know that is not what he said. Disgraceful.
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Heโ€™s genuinely mad and a clear danger to democracy. Utterly shameless. But itโ€™s always been like this. Total contempt for the country. Britain just one more restaurant to be trashed by the Bullingdon bully.
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Element-hairy, my dear Watson! #Sherlock http://t.co/LmUiHK2Nlr
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Back 4 (more) #Sherlock
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Blud. #SDCC16
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Mark Gatiss ๐Ÿ’™
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It was my great joy and privilege to have known Diana Rigg. From three slightly hysterical months at the Old Vic in โ€˜All About Motherโ€™ to writing The Crimson Horror for Diana and her wonderful daughter Rachael. Flinty, fearless, fabulous. There will never be another. RIP
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One day to go! #Sherlock
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What is this? Fucking Cluedo?
@ShippersUnbound
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James Cartlidge emerges that to say that May told MPs that someone else in the room would succeed her has prime minister after the withdrawal agreement
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Have some very exciting news coming tomorrow...
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โ€œThe roads we walk have demons beneath. And yours have been waiting for a very long timeโ€. #Sherlock โ€˜The Final Problemโ€™. BBC1 9pm.
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The crumpled grandeur of John Hurt was always a joy to behold. That voice, those eyes - an almost painful sensitivity. So many wonders. RIP.
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Proud!
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On my way West. It begins... #Sherlock
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For some reason, people seem to think the #Sherlock special will be about 7 mins long. Itโ€™s episode 10, my dears. Itโ€™ll be 90!
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Thank you for all the lovely messages about my Dad. He would have been 90 today. โค๏ธ
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Well, that's that. Thanks to everyone who came. A wonderful tour. Humbled by the warmth of the response after all these years. All good things.... Stay local.x
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Hanging next then, I imagine.
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โ€œWhatโ€™s the very worst thing you can do to your very best friends?โ€ #Sherlock โ€˜The Lying Detectiveโ€™ BBC1 9pm.
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Thank you all so much for your lovely words about our dear Bunsen. We'll never forget him. X
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Back from the Yard. #Sherlock
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We've never left! Very pleased to present three anniversary specials of 'The League of Gentlemen' starting tonight at 10pm on BBC2.
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A very merry Christmas. Or as best you can after this wretched year. God bless us. Every one. X
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Itโ€™s always hard when a part of your childhood goes, so bless Tim Brooke-Taylor - the patron saint of silliness. Clearly loved and a gentle gentleman. From The Goodies to Iโ€™m Sorry I Havenโ€™t a Clue he was simply always there. โ€œDonโ€™t cry for me Marge & Tinaโ€. RIP
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Profoundly sad that the wonderful Peter Capaldi is leaving at the end of the year. But he is - and always will be - a great Doctor Who.
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The Game is over...for now. #Sherlock
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Happy New Year! Happy new #Sherlock ! 'The Six Thatchers', BBC1 8.30pm.
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Here we go!
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"Try and stay calm. You're doing very well.โ€ ๐Ÿฆ‡ #Dracula is a chilling new series from the creators of Sherlock โ€“ coming soon to @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer .
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#Sherlock ADR. Here's a shot I took of St Benedict on ep3.
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And the melancholy drum only adds to the feel of The Wicker Man.
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Brilliant footage captures the precise moment a soggy and furious Farage realises itโ€™s over for him ๐Ÿ‘‹ #MarchToLeave
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Happy, happy times. Au reservoir, Paul. X
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There will tickings off and stern words and admonitions - and then Johnson will get away with it just as he has with everything in his whole ghastly, entitled, smirking existence.
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Why, when weโ€™re in lockdown, are TV reporters still standing pointlessly outside buildings? Why loiter outside St Thomasโ€™? Hoping the Prime Minister might wave from a window?
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Neil Innes has gone. As a Python-obsessed teen I saw him at Darlington Arts Centre & missed my bus home to catch his brilliance. I used to record โ€˜The Innes Book of Recordsโ€™ on C-60s & marvel at his talent. I still hum โ€˜I like Cezanne, says Anneโ€™. Sweet dreams, sweet idiot.
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Based on the lost story 'The Adventure of the Missing Shoulder'... http://t.co/SxaGnYsev1
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Well, that's a wrap on 'Dracula' after seven extraordinary months. You won't believe it - but when we were lining up the very last shot, a bat flew into the studio. Like a convention anecdote!
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Voted.
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@jonnymorris1973 Definitely alive.
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Ghosts of 70s teenagers on โ€˜Antiques Roadshowโ€™.
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Smirking piece of shit.
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The very definition of a pro. What an extraordinary career. And what a wonderful broad. Nothingโ€™s gonna harm youโ€ฆโค๏ธ
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Rainy postbox. #oil
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Pianos in railway stations are such a simple, life-enhancing joy.
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A measure of how fucked we are is that a ludicrous, etiolated lamprey like Rees-Mogg is pulling the strings. It's as if Screaming Lord Sutch had come to power. Madness. Utter madness.
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A certain consulting detective's 40th began at 4.30am when we wrapped. It continued tonight with fireworks. Happy birthday, brother mine!
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I'm terribly late to the party but I'm obsessed with 'Sign of the Times' by @Harry_Styles It's ever so good.
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"So...is he...staying?"
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An incredible life, lived incredibly. Thereโ€™ll never be anyone with such cool or effortless sexiness. Milkman, coffin polisher, South Pacific chorus boy, secret agent, legend. But above all, a terrific and underrated actor. A presence that burnt a hole in the screen. RIP Sir Sean
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Terry Jones was a cornerstone of my growing up, from Python to Ripping Yarns and way beyond. A huge talent - and a very naughty boy. RIP.
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9 years
Happy โ€˜Sherlockโ€™ Day! #221back
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9 years
Five years of #Sherlock and 9 episodes. Donโ€™t worry. Number 10 on its way!
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8 years
That's a wrap on Block 1 of #Sherlock filming. Back soon for Block 2!
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Gotcha! ๐Ÿ˜‰
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Exclusive! Ep 1 will be called 'The Empty Hearse'. The game is on! #Sherlock http://t.co/9WMjWVdGPQ
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5 years
Very delighted to say I have another Christmas Ghost Story coming to โฆ @BBCFOUR โฉ A personal favourite: M.R. James' 'Martin's Close'. Starring Peter Capaldi, Sara Crowe, Simon Williams, Fisayo Akinade, Elliot Levey, James Holmes, Wilf Scolding and Jessica Temple.
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Thanks for all your birthday wishes!
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