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Mathew Horne wades in after Joanna Page’s savage takedown of new BBC comedy

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Mathew Horne has praised Lucia Keskin’s new BBC comedy, Things I Should Have Done, after his Gavin & Stacey co-star Joanna Page called it “unbearable”.

Page faced backlash this week after sharing her unfiltered take on the new series on her podcast Off the Telly, which she hosts with EastEnders staple Natalie Cassidy.

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