British double acts that don't get along

British double acts that don't get along - From Morecambe and Wise to French and Saunders, the UK has never been short of dynamic double acts. Whether it's telling jokes or yelling at chefs, some things are better done in pairs. But not all double acts are the best of friends. In fact, there have been quite a few feuds. With the recent reunion of Matt Lucas and David Walliams, take a look at the double acts that don't always see eye-to-eye…

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David Walliams and Matt Lucas - Matt Lucas and David Walliams recently reunited after a feud that lasted several years. The two starred together in ‘Little Britain’ and ‘Come Fly With Me’.

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David Walliams and Matt Lucas - Lucas said the duo “would often find ourselves at loggerheads during rehearsals and shooting,” as reported by The Telegraph.

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David Walliams and Matt Lucas - Matt Lucas also fuelled rumours of a feud in his memoir, ‘Little Me’. In the book, Lucas describes a fallout during their Australian live tour in 2007.

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Gregg Wallace and John Torode - MasterChef co-hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode are another duo that don’t get along off-screen.

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Gregg Wallace and John Torode - The Mirror reports Torode as saying “We’ve never been friends”. He continued, “We’ve not been to each other’s houses… He’s so OCD, he wouldn’t know what to do”.

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Gregg Wallace and John Torode - Torode talked about many standoffs with Wallace over the years. Funnily enough, they mainly argue about contestants on the cooking show.

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Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels - R2-D2 and C3PO are one of cinema’s most beloved duos. But the actors behind the masks did not always see eye-to-eye.

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Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels - Kenny Baker (left), who plays R2-D2, refused to go to a cast reunion if Daniels was present. “If you invite his lordship, the one with the golden balls... I won’t be there,” Baker said in documentary 'Bring Back... Star Wars'.

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Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels - Daniels took the high road and never hit back at Baker, but did pay tribute to the star when he passed away in 2016. “Sad to hear of Kenny’s passing. 1 of the truly original cast, so famed for his iconic role as R2. He'll always be remembered by so many fans,” he wrote on Twitter.

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Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell - Brambell and Corbett starred as father and son in classic sitcom ‘Steptoe and Son’.

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Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell - The pair didn’t have much in common to start with. Corbett was a charming method actor, while Brambell was more of an old school thespian.

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Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell - Their tensions came to a climax during a 1976 Australian tour. Manager Kevin O’Neil described their relationship as “hate, that’s the only word I can think of,” as reported by The Telegraph.

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Eamonn Holmes and Anthea Turner - Eamonn Holmes and Anthea Turner co-hosted ‘GMTV’ in the 1990s.

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Eamonn Holmes and Anthea Turner - Turner had hosted ‘Blue Peter’ before 'GMTV' but soon found out that breakfast TV wasn’t child’s play.

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Eamonn Holmes and Anthea Turner - Viewers found out about their feud on-air. According to the Daily Express, Eamonn said he would watch Turner’s interviews if he needed to get to sleep. Ouch.

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Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball - Cannon and Ball were a hit comedic duo during the 1980s. However, the two were embroiled in a three-year feud at the height off their fame.

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Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball - Apparently, they didn’t say a word to each other outside of rehearsals and on stage.

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Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball - Ball said the duo’s entourage pulled them apart. “We were surrounded by all these people who were gossiping. They wanted to divide and conquer and we stopped speaking,” he told the Daily Express.

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Rodney Bewes and James Bolam - Bewes (left) and Bolam (right) were the brains behind ‘The Likely Lads’, a hit sitcom in the 1960s. They returned in the ‘70s for the sequel series, ‘Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?’

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Rodney Bewes and James Bolam - Rodney Bewes made the mistake of talking about his co-star’s wife during an interview. Bewes’s wife, Daphne, had given birth to triplets earlier that year and he made a comment that Bolam's wife was expecting just one baby.

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Rodney Bewes and James Bolam - James Bolam was apparently obsessed with his own privacy, and reportedly didn’t talk to his co-star the same way after the revelation.

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Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie - MacKenzie (left) and Woodburn (right) teamed up in 2002 for ‘How Clean Is Your House?’, a hit cleaning show that ran until 2009.

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Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie - The duo had chemistry on-screen, but their true relationship came out when the cameras stopped rolling.

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Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie - Woodburn told the Daily Mail, “We were a great double act, but she's salt, I'm pepper. We had nothing in common, not way of life, not beliefs. There was never going to be a friendship there”.

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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - Cook (left) and Moore (right) were a hit comedic duo during the 1960s. They starred in shows like ‘Not Only… But Also’ and ‘Kraft Music Hall’.

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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - However, the double act did not get along off-screen. Even after Cook passed away in 1995, Moore kept the insults coming.

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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - Moore told The Telegraph that he felt “emotionless” about Cook’s death. He also compared him to a “a beached whale”. Talk about dark humour.

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Rob Newman and David Baddiel - Baddiel (left) and Newman (right) went big for their final show. In 1993, they became the first comedians to sell out the Wembley Arena.

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Rob Newman and David Baddiel - But why did the comedians go separate ways? Apparently, fame is what drew the two apart. “We weren't speaking at times, except on stage,” Baddiel told the Belfast Telegraph.

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Rob Newman and David Baddiel - But the feud couldn’t last forever. They reportedly reunited last year at a HarperCollins summer party.

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