Archer to be satirised by BBC after rule change

The life story of the jailed Tory peer Jeffrey Archer is to be mocked in a BBC satire as part of a£10m package of political dramas announced by the corporation yesterday. Guy Jenkin, who wrote the Drop the Dead Donkey spoof on television journalism, is to turn his fire on ...

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