After Sacha Baron Cohen and Philomena Cunk, academics such as Exeter's Dr Nick Groom should surely smell a rat when a TV crew arrives wanting to talk about vampires. The Luke McQueen Pilots purports to be the near-unusable documentary footage filmed by the eponymous comedian. While investigating Britain's Hidden Vampire Crisis, McQueen stands awkwardly outside Parliament berating Theresa May's inaction, strips off at a Goth gig to invite passing fangs, and identifies bloodsucking celebs.

Comedian protests about his own BBC show

Comedian Luke McQueen has been staging a series of fake protests in London and Edinburgh, urging people not to watch his forthcoming BBC Three show.