Stars lampooned in new comedy

David and Victoria Beckham, Jude Law and Sadie Frost, and George Michael get lampooned in a new tongue-in-cheek Channel 4 comedy announced today.

The autumn series, Star Stories, sees actors play the celebrities through a sequence of “bust-ups, love-ins and fall outs”.

Each episode focuses on one celebrity and is narrated as though it were being told by the star themselves looking back at their own lives.

Posh Spice’s first meeting with David Beckham, their wedding and even her days as a youngster taking ballet lessons get the comic treatment.

In the George Michael episode, the then Wham! Singer is “behind-the-scenes” at Live Aid being bullied by both Bono and Boy George.

U2 star Bono attacks Michael’s music saying: “There's no subtext in your lyrics you eejit”, while Boy George also corners him, saying: “I would like you to come out of that big gay closet you live in.”

Other programmes featuring in Channel 4’s autumn season include Ian Wright’s Supersize Kids, in which the former Arsenal star attempts to help a group of overweight teenagers turn their lives around.

The Great British Fat March challenges eight overweight people to walk from the south coast of England to Scotland to lose weight and transform their lives.

The Secret Benefactor puts undercover super-wealthy individuals in deprived communities for two weeks with a view to discovering which community is most deserving.

At the end of their time there, they reveal their true identities and who they would like to help with thousands of pounds of their own money.

Goldplated is a comic drama about a family’s attempt to maintain their lavish lifestyle in the wealthy “Cheshire set” amidst the threat of bankruptcy, babies and bitter divorce.

Other documentaries include The Queen Mother In Love, and Churchill’s Girl, which documents the life of Pamela Churchill-Harriman, Churchill’s daughter-in-law who is described as “possibly the 20th Century’s greatest courtesan”.

Dr David Starkey completes the Monarchy season by looking at the Windsor years in the final film.

Singer Charlotte Church makes her debut in The Charlotte Church Show, described as “hopefully the beginning of a long relationship" with Channel 4 by the broadcaster’s director of television Kevin Lygo.