Richard E. Grant

Stephen Mangan stars in and co-scripts this fast-paced and funny new series about Richard, a put-upon therapist trying to make a new career by carrying out sessions online. Among his clients are a woman whose life and aspirations are defined by Instagram and an aggressive creditor who agrees to take sessions to offset some of Richard's debts. Charles Dance and Richard E Grant co-star, as does The IT Crowd's Katherine Parkinson, as Richard's partner, who is constantly accompanied by a male friend.

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With a gag rate that's rare on TV comedy, an imposing sense of peril for poor Richard, and some of the most entertaining nutjobs on screen (that is probably not the correct physiological term), Hang Ups is definitely worth a weekly session - on whatever device you choose to watch it on.

TV: Hang Ups, Channel 4

Boy oh boy that Stephen Mangan has a hell of a work ethic.

Hang Ups review

Mangan stars in a remake of Lisa Kudrow's Web Therapy and manages the rarest of TV feats: a UK adaptation that's every bit as good as the US original.

Festive instalment of the series that ran earlier this year, commemorating the life of the late Victoria Wood. Hosted by Anne Reid, this one focuses, reasonably enough, on Wood's Christmas specials, and includes reflections from participants in some of them, including Celia Imrie, Julie Walters and Richard E Grant. Ann Widdecombe also explains what it felt like to find herself on the receiving end of Wood's gently biting mockery.

With his usual publican threads enhanced by a festive sparkly belt buckle, Al Murray's thundering landlord hosts easily the most entertaining ITV Christmas special set in a fake East End pub since Chas and Dave's boozy knees-up in 1982. The boisterous audience of civilians and C-list celebs includes Love Island's Marcel and Georgia, East 17's Tony Mortimer and cheeky Liam from Bake Off, while Richard E Grant cameos as a sad-sack Santa.

Withnail and I: Cult classic turns 30

Charting the travails of two out-of-work actors in the dying days of the 1960s, British film comedy Withnail and I has staggered to its 30th birthday. Star Richard E Grant looks back at its filming and considers whether anyone else could have tackled the role that put him on the road to Hollywood. Chin chin!

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Withnail and I is a melancholic masterpiece and one of the funniest British films ever made.

Amiably unfocused film nostalgia in a new series that's fun enough to forgive the suspicion that its creators thought it would make itself. Episode one begins with Passport To Pimlico, before hopping back to Gracie Fields and George Formby and then the steadying hand of producer Michael Balcon. Whisky Galore!, bombsite romp Hue And Cry and A Fish Called Wanda also feature, as Grant presents what could be a pleasant pub conversation.