Moffat's witty swipe at cancel culture is a highly refreshing hoot

DOUGLAS BELLOWS (Hugh Bonneville) is a presenter on a successful evening news programme called Live at Six.

- Martin Robinson

Despite a familiar kind of entitled stuffiness, he and his sparky young co-host Madeline Crow (Karen Gillan) have a chemistry that makes for TV gold.

All is fine in the world of Douglas - at least as far as he's concerned - until it isn't. A tweet emerges that suggests he was overheard making a sexist joke at a recent wedding, and a damn good cancelling is seemingly about to unfold.

Especially when Madeline chooses to retweet it to her two million followers. Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat is the man behind Douglas is Cancelled, and has actually taken a bit of a risk with the show.

Such is the fevered state of social media "discourse" that doing a show dealing with cancel culture is itself running the risk of being cancelled.