Curtis, who wrote Notting Hill and the Blackadder series, is to start shooting the movie in September.

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Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Blackadder - Britain may consider itself as a bastion of comedy, and the global headquarters of the sense of humour.

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Lloyd, who helmed the likes of Blackadder, Not The Nine O'Clock News and QI, accused the corporation of making programmes "by committee" to avoid causing offence.

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