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Apr 2024
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Will 'Strictly' decide the General Elect...

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The UK will go to the polls this year, but what do our viewing habits tell us about who will form our next government? Margot Robbie is rolling the dice on Monopoly being the next box-office success, and reflect on Ant & Dec with the final Saturday Night Takeaway having just hit our screens.


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Producers: Neil Fearn + Tom Whiter

Executive Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport


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