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How Stephen Merchant brutally cut his own family from third series of The Outlaws


The creator of The Outlaws, Stephen Merchant, has admitted to brutally cutting dialogue spoken by his own parents from the upcoming third series of the BBC comedy.

The series sees a group of misfits in Bristol who attempt to keep out of trouble after finishing community service sentences, having previously fallen foul of the law. Ahead of the new season of the sitcom, which airs next week, Stephen Merchant, 49, has shared why he chose to make such a cut-throat decision (pictured this month) However, his mother still makes the cut in one clip, as they appear on the computer screen of his character, the socially awkward lawyer Greg Dillard, as he attends business meetings.

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