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David Tennant Joins Sky’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’

 Cherie Blair in The Queen and The Special Relationship. On television, she appeared in Doctor Who, Inside No 9 and His Dark Materials, and last year appeared in the Hugh Laurie drama Roadkill on the BBC and ITV's Quiz.

The Night Manager (2016)Slick and absorbing, Danish director Susanne Bier took on the entirety of le Carré’s book from 1993 for the BBC, centring on a former soldier - turned manager at a luxury hotel - embroiled in the investigation of a shadowy arms dealer. Tom Hiddleston’s suave performance was superbly countered by the hidden menace of Hugh Laurie’s ‘Dicky' Roper.

Naman Ramachandran Golden Globe-winning actor Hugh Laurie (“House”) and “Game of Thrones” actor Emilia Clarke will be part of the voice cast for animated feature “The Amazing Maurice.”The voice cast also includes David Thewlis (“Wonder Woman”), Himesh Patel (“Yesterday”), Gemma Arterton (“Vita & Virginia”) and Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”).

LOS ANGELES -- On screen, Hugh Laurie has been by turns irascible ("House"), villainous ("The Night Manager") and a comedic delight ("Jeeves & Wooster"). In a conversation about his latest project, PBS' “Roadkill,” he proved equally versatile.Laurie was thoughtful and charmingly wry and self-deprecating, including regarding expectations for the apple cider he attempted while housebound in London by the pandemic.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe BBC and PBS Masterpiece have released new images of Hugh Laurie and Helen McCrory in Roadkill, a four-part political thriller written by Collateral’s David Hare and made by National Treasure producer The Forge.Laurie stars as self-made, forceful and charismatic politician Peter Laurence, whose life is being picked apart by his enemies.

Hugh Laurie promises the Prime Minister he is “squeaky” clean as he plays a charismatic and ambitious politician in the first trailer for political thriller Roadkill.

Psych is based on the Holmes/Watson dynamic. He’s got the powers of observation and deductive reasoning! Even the medical drama House, starring Hugh Laurie, was a Sherlock spin-off.

Teens going back to school: Do not watch the movie “The Personal History of David Copperfield” for class in lieu of reading the book.

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Brandon Choe Photo EditorDavid Hare, creator of BBC and PBS drama Roadkill, said that he has written a new play based entirely on his experience contracting coronavirus.

Klaritza Rico Set 40 years into the future, series creator Armando Iannucci takes viewers into his reimagined world on the maiden voyage of “Avenue 5.” Although it will take another four decades before anyone can praise Iannucci on his predictions, the hilarious HBO comedy leaves fans wondering if flashy tracksuits, inadequate personnel and cheap billion dollar ships will be a part of everyone’s unforeseen future.Recently, “Avenue 5” stars Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front, Suzy

Variety Streaming Room, presented by HBO, with the cast of "Avenue 5" will be held June 4

Wednesday was Stephen Colbert’s 56th birthday, and Hugh Laurie knew the perfect way to celebrate.

Famous faces who have played doctors and medical professionals on the small screen have teamed up to thank real-life healthcare staff working on the front line to battle the coronavirus.

By Denise Petski

HBO is up for more space chaos.

PASADENA, Calif. – Hugh Laurie is back in his element.

Hugh Laurie has said that he and Stephen Fry have discussed resurrecting their comedy double act for the stage.

Avenue 5, HBO's new sci-fi workplace comedy set on a spaceship, hails from the brilliant mind of Armando Iannucci, who also created the network's Emmy-winning comedy Veep and before that the beloved British comedy The Thick of It.

By Peter White

“Avenue 5” is technically science-fiction, but as many genres shows have proved, drawing a straight line from our reality to a hyperbolic future like the one of HBO’s new comedy is all too easy. Set 40 years in the future, it takes place on Avenue 5, a spaceship that is essentially a high stakes luxury cruise.