Cancel culture has an appointment with mainstream television in form of a new comedy series coming to ITV.

Set in the world of television news, Douglas is Cancelled is a four-part comedy drama series written by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Sherlock, Dracula) and starring actors Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan.

When national treasure news presenter Douglas Bellowes (Bonneville) tells a sexist joke at a wedding, he comes face-to-face with the realities of cancel culture.

His career appears to be on the line and knowing who he can count on for support becomes as much an issue as the original faux pas.

Creater Moffat said he wrote it originally as a stage play five years ago, long before Huw Edwards and Phillip Schofield left our screens.

But he told The Guardian: “It doesn’t matter which period you put this story in: there will be somebody who fell from grace in TV.”

When is Douglas is Cancelled released?

Episode one of the series will premier on ITV1 on Thursday 27 June from 9pm-10pm. The successive three episodes will air weekly at the same time as the first on ITV1.

All four episodes will also be available to stream on ITVX after the first episode has been broadcast.

Who is in the Douglas is Cancelled cast?

Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Bonneville plays middle-aged television news anchorman Douglas Bellowes, who finds himself at the centre of a furore after making an ill-advised joke at a wedding.

He rose to fame in the Ricard Curtis film Notting Hill and has take centre stage for the past 14 years in the television series and film franchise Downton Abbey as the Earl of Grantham.

The 60-year-old also also won fans among a younger audience for his role as Mr Brown in the Paddington films.

Karen Gillan

Karen Gillan plays Douglas’s younger television sofa co-presenter Madeline, who is a little more social media savvy and not necessarily very trustworthy.

She is best known for appearing in Doctor Who as Amy Pond, the primary companion to the eleventh carnation of the doctor played by Matt Smith.

Originally from Scotland, she has also starred as Nebula in the Marvel Universe films appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Endgame.

Ben Miles

Ben Miles plays television show boss Toby in Douglas is Cancelled.

He has previously starred in the Netflix series The Crown as Princess Margaret’s first love Peter Townsend.

The 57-year-old actor has also appeared in the comedy series Coupling, period drama The Forsyte Saga and Dracula.

Alex Kingston

Alex Kingston plays newspaper editor Sheila, who is married to Douglas.

Kingston starred opposite Daniel Craig in the ITV adaptation The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders. She then went to the US, joining the long-running medical drama ER.

She has also appeared in Doctor Who, A Discovery of Witches and The Widow.

Nick Mohammed

Actor and comedian Nick Mohammed plays Morgan a television joke writer in the show.

He is the creator of the Sky comedy series Intelligence.

The 43-year-old has also appeared in a number of films and television series including: Bridget Jones’ Baby, Reggie Perrin and Ted Lasso.

Simon Russell Beale

Renowned stage actor Sir Simon Russell Beale plays Bently in the show.

With two Baftas awards, three Olivier awards and a Tony award to his name, he has appeared in Volpone, Uncle Vanya and The Lehman Trilogy.

On television, he has starred in Spooks, Penny Dreadful and House of the Dragon.

The cast also includes:

• Claudia played by Madeleine Power (The Last Kingdom, The Radleys)
• Tom played by Joe Wilkinson (8 Out of 10 Cats, Sex Education, The Cockfields)
• Theresa played by Millicent Wong (Dracula, Annika)
• Driver played by Toby Longworth (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Breeders)
• Sebastian played by Michael Parr (Emmerdale, Hollyoaks)
• Tilson played by Patrick Baladi (The Office, Stella)
• Helen played by Stephanie Hyam (Doctor Who, Peaky Blinders)