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BAFTA TV host Richard Ayoade's life - famous wife, celeb in-laws and career change
BAFTAs) take place.Popular shows such as Gogglebox, It's a Sin and Stath Lets Flats have been nominated, while big names including Graham Norton, Steve Coogan, Jodie Comer and Jessica Plummer will be hoping to scoop gongs.The show will air from the magnificent Royal Festival Hall in London and will be the first BAFTA ceremony in three years to be attended by an in-person audience.That will be good news for its host.For the third straight year, comedian and writer Richard Ayoade will be presenting the glamourous show.But things could have turned out oh so differently for the funnyman.Here are some things you may not know about Richard.Did you know that Richard could have so easily taken a different route and not ended up on our screens?The 44-year-old attended St Catharine's College in Cambridge after growing up in the east of England, just outside Ipswich.He finished up in the college in 1998 after three years of studying law.However, it was an extracurricular activity which helped him launch his career.Richard took a big interest in stage productions, and became president of the amateur drama club Footlights in the college (with his vice-president being John Oliver!)Previous presidents of the group included David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Hugh Laurie and members of Monty Python.Richard has since said that his degree was not a "fallback" for him, instead meaning he had to go back to "square one".John Oliver wasn't the only future star that Richard was connected with in Cambridge.He met actress Lydia Fox while studying there and has since married her.Lydia studied at Newnham College at the University of Cambridge.
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Watch The Who play orchestral ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ on ‘Colbert’
The Who are set to begin a two-part North American tour next week, and have appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform an orchestral version of ‘Behind Blue Eyes’.On Friday night (April 15), the band were the musical guests on the show and ran through a grand version of their 1971 track, backed by a full orchestra.The performance, which you can watch in full below, came in support of the Teen Cancer America organisation, and was recorded during the band’s annual Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at the Royal Albert Hall in London last month, which featured Yungblud, Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, The Who themselves and more.Watch the Colbert performance of ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ below.The band’s forthcoming tour – dubbed ‘The Who Hits Back!’ – will begin next week (April 22) in Florida, with the first leg running until the end of May.The band will then return to the States in October for another run of dates, which take them through until November.Speaking of the tour, Roger Daltrey said: “Pete and I said we’d be back, but we didn’t think we’d have to wait for two years for the privilege. This is making the chance to perform feel even more special this time around.“So many livelihoods have been impacted due to COVID, so we are thrilled to get everyone back together – the band, the crew and the fans.
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