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| | Observer TV's top mimic says his rivals leave a bad impression |
 | | Alistair McGowan, star of Alistair McGowan's Big Impression, has told how he was 'aggrieved' by the arrival of Dead Ringers on BBC television, claiming the show featured impressions of many celebrities he was already parodying. |
 | | McGowan stepped in and argued with the corporation's chiefs there would be too much overlap with his own show on the channel, causing resentment that still lingers in the Dead Ringers team. |
 | | McGowan claimed he had been forced radically to transform the format of his Christmas show to avoid being too similar to Dead Ringers, adding that in the past the programmes have clashed with competing versions of Nigella Lawson, Michael Parkinson, Dale Winton, Tom Paulin, Alan Rickman and Ozzy Osbourne. |
| observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4823913-102285,00.html (1130 words) |
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