Chris O’Dowd on the axed IT Crowd episode, midlife crises and The Big Door Prize: ‘I hear they took it off. If it’s really offending people – why not?’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If it’s not dismissed, then it means that she’s thinking about it, and then he starts thinking about it.” open image in gallery Marriage crisis: Gabrielle Dennis and Chris O’Dowd as Cassie and Dusty in ‘The Big Door Prize' O’Porter, who popped the “O” on the front of her surname when she married O’Dowd, is apparently very laid back about her husband’s intimacy scenes. “I really don’t want to get into a big political interview,” O’Dowd says, “but the way the current government in Britain is behaving towards refugees is very worrying, and I think it’s absolutely correct that people in the public eye, especially people like Gary who is such a flagship for the BBC, should say something about it. But in terms of the rest of it, I don’t know, I think it’s up to people to make up their own minds.” open image in gallery ‘Have you tried turning it off and on again?’ Chris O’Dowd and Richard Ayoade in ‘The IT Crowd’ Of his co-stars, he says he has “so much love for” Ayoade, and that he and O’Porter have dinner with the actor and his wife, the actor Lydia Fox, whenever he’s in London. “I have the costumes and expressions ready and waiting, in storage.” ‘The Big Door Prize’ is out now on Apple TV Plus