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The former EastEnders star on the return of Mr Bigstuff… After making his comedy debut in the series about a pair of chalk-and-cheese brothers in 2024, Danny Dyer bagged the gong for Male Performance

RYAN SAMPSON and DANNY DYER on why there’s no stopping their chalk-and-cheese siblings

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Nudity, fights and secret kisses – Danny Dyer doesn’t hold back in the second series of Mr Bigstuff. His appearance in the first has already earned him the 2025 TV Bafta for Male Performance in a Come

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