Steve Coogan avoids driving ban after plea to save new TV show Steve Coogan has avoided a driving ban after pleading with the judge that it would impact his upcoming TV show.
But in a letter to Birmingham Magistrates Court, he stressed that a ban would result in the next series of his sitcom The Trip being "severely impacted", according to the Evening Standard.
He wrote a similar letter in 2019 after he was caught speeding, telling the judge the new series of Alan Partridge would be disrupted if he was disqualified.
The Trip's director Michael Winterbottom has previously said there would not be a fifth series - but Coogan's court correspondence suggests otherwise.
Coogan already had six points on his licence - so a further six would have seen him disqualified.
