Ben Miller quits BBC drama Death In Paradise

Ben Miller has quit BBC1's hit drama Death In Paradise. He'll be replaced by Kris Marshall.

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Taking a break from hunting killers under the scorching sun in Death In Paradise, actor/comedian Ben Miller lets off steam in Frank Skinner's lair.

What gets the persuasive Miller hot under the collar are shoelaces, homeopathy - which, to his scientific mind, is quite simply rubbish - and pedestrians who don't know how to behave on a pavement.

Splash! judge Jo Brand's high-heeled shoes and BBC 1's Breakfast host Bill Turnbull's low-slung jeans haven't got a prayer.

Ben Miller may have studied for a doctorate in quantum physics at Cambridge, but the man can't tie his own shoelaces. Or rather, he can't tie a bow, so he's devised his own way of tying them - and consequently makes a bid to have laces themselves condemned for ever to Room 101. It seems drastic, but that's the nature of the show, and at least Miller's gripes are idiosyncratic, whereas Bill Turnbull gets cheers from the audience for such regulation bugbears as low-slung jeans and people who hog the middle lane on motorways.

Jo Brand, meanwhile, has it in for high-heeled shoes, which gives the production the excuse to show us a clip of a very bizarre race.

George Orwell has provided TV producers with plenty of concepts; but we can only hazard a guess at what he would have thought of them. In this panel show, based on the idea of a room in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four where prisoners are subjected to their worst fears, guests must discuss their pet peeves with host Frank Skinner and compete for his approval to banish them to Room 101. Tonight's guests are BBC presenter Bill Turnbull, who hates low slung jeans and people who hog the middle lane on the motorway, comedian Ben Miller who can't abide homoeopathy, and comedian Jo Brand, who thinks personalised number plates and high-heeled shoes should make the cut.

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Cambridge-educated quantum physicist, Ben Miller was well ahead of the current science/comedy crossover curve. He recently put his former life in the lab to good use for his What Is One Degree? programme on UKTV channel Eden and an essay called Why comedy will die in the year 6000.

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This new studio-based sitcom pilot from Channel 4 starring Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller is best described as a decent effort, but probably not worth returning to.

While the fact that it has a live audience would be enough to make most reviewers vomit in disgust, for me the main problem with this Edwardian sitcom is that it pales into insignificance following the BBC's showing of The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff last week.

Like the latter, Felix & Murdo uses silliness and satire as a focal point for its humour - my favourite moment was the cash machine operated by a young boy inside it - but it just wasn't as good as The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff. Of course, The Bleak Old Shop... has had a lot of practice - what with it first starting off on radio - and if it's given a full series it may improve, but I doubt it.

On the plus side, it was good to see Marek Larwood playing a straighter role than normal. It would be nice to see him continue in straighter acting as well as his more humorous and bonkers roles.