So that felt like I’d exorcised the ghost and then I thought I'd come back to Alan, I feel like he's my friend. It's like living with a friend who gets on my nerves, then once you move away you become ...

The show's suspension comes amid broader efforts to curb diversity at the institutional level. The next attempt to canonize the movement must learn lessons from its successes — and its missteps.

Steve Coogan talks about the latest iteration of his famous character, and how it's too late now for Alan to be James Bond.