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In between he has been a regular on TV shows like QI, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Have I Got News For You, hosted Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and has co-written and starred in four series of BBC2's hit sitcom Lead Balloon.

TUESDAY Lead Balloon BBC2, 10pm Jack Dee returns as failed stand-up and serial liar Rick Spleen in a new, fourth series of the sitcom.

Nothing to do with a certain book then, which has gone down like a lead balloon with Labour members?

FILMING the Christmas special of Lead Balloon felt strange to Rasmus Hardiker - in the middle of June.

Producers say the policy change has gone over like a lead balloon at other studios and assert that such terms will effectively prevent them from ever getting their projects made.

Harold Alcoresa followed up Andes' second goal in the 87th minute making the Tamaraws' lead balloon to 6-0.

A Beeb insider said: "It's gone down like a lead balloon. It is totally unprofessional."

Meanwhile, Nikhil and Leyla announce that they're getting married, though their big news goes down like a lead balloon. Both David and Jacob are worried by the sudden development, while Leyla's ex-lover Jai is sure to throw a spanner into the works.

A series of events prompts him to tell her to return to Milan before she cracks up, which goes down like a lead balloon, and before long, she's warning Kylie about her brother's past misdemeanors.

8DA YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS WEE THINKER ACROSS: 7 Travail 9 Edits 10 Reels 11 Atlanta 12 Hub 13 Lobbyist 16 Twiddled 17 Loo 19 Bugaboo 21 Endow 22 Anger 23 Nastier DOWN: 1 Starchy 2 Take a bow 3 Rats 4 Deployed 5 Lion 6 Aswan 8 Lead Balloon 13 Ladybird 14 Salad oil 15 Forward 18 U-Boat 20 Gags 21 Else QUICKIE ACROSS: 1 Spendthrift 8 Ice 9 Lot 11 Darling 12 Usage 13 Ink 14 Ban 15 Wheezed 17 Mac 19 Acre 21 Ogre 23 Mayo 25 Tuba 27 Wee 29 Stroppy 31 Ran 34 Pro 36 Slope 37 Carried 38 Opt 39 See 40 Sentimental DOWN: 1 Scan 2 Perk 3 Neither 4 Tagged 5 Rouge 6 Flab 7 Toga 8 Idiom 10 Tense 16 Day 18 Cob 20 Cow 22 Gas 24 Aspirin 25 Torso 26 Romcom 28 Erode 30 Tweet 32 Alps 33 Note 34 Pisa 35 Reel

But the move has gone down like a lead balloon, and could be dropped following a consultation exercise that lasts until the end of this month.

Again I know this opinion will go down like a lead balloon with younger NUFC supporters.

No wonder the unemployment figures are dropping like a lead balloon. If you do escape a sanction, it's either a mistake or a miracle.

sitcom Lead Balloon and 2009's turn on Celebrity Apprentice in which he suffered the indignity of having to stand in Lord Sugar's boardroom due to lack of adequate seating, quipping: "Your Lordship, if you're in a firing mood, can I suggest the person who counts the chairs?"| Call: 029 2087 8444 Then there was his underrated

Lead Balloon (10.00pm) Rick''s neighbour demands a refund for an item bought from The Bargain Channel, and things get worse when the funnyman''s poor conduct at a funeral threatens his blossoming TV career.