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Deayton to star in BBC TV comedy

TV personality Angus Deayton is to star in a new BBC comedy less than a year after he was sacked from Have I Got News For You amid disclosures about his private life, it emerged today.

Deayton to star in BBC TV comedy

Mon, 14 Jul, 2003 - 19:51

TV personality Angus Deayton is to star in a new BBC comedy less than a year after he was sacked from Have I Got News For You amid disclosures about his private life, it emerged today.

Deayton, 46, will play a doctor in Nighty Night, a dark comedy-drama billed as “a West Country version of Fatal Attraction”.

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