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Catherine Tyldesley says co-star Alan Davies helped support her after she was overcome with morning sickness on the set of detective drama McDonald & Dodds.The former Corrie star was overcome with nausea after filming started not long after she discovered she was pregnant with her second child. Catherine, who guest stars in the first film-length episode of the returning series, said: “The producer, Rebecca, was absolutely fantastic because I was quite sick on some of the days we were filming, and I was so well looked after.

EXCLUSIVE: Lolly Adefope (Saltburn) has signed on alongside Fergus Craig, Jessica Fostekew, and Helen Cripps to lead the scripted podcast Dial F For Football written by comedian Rhys James (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week) for Keep It Light Media (Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe and Wolf & Owl with Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis). 

Netflix subscribers have been delighted to learn one of the top coming-of-age films from the noughties has been added to the platform.

McKinley Franklin editor Just for Laughs has announced the second wave of talent set to perform at the 41st edition of its Montreal festival, which takes place from July 14 to 29. New editions include Leslie Jones, Eddie Izzard, Ramy Youssef, Please Don’t Destroy, Mae Martin, Mike Ward, Ronny Chieng, Neal Brennan, Darcy & Jer, Brad Williams, Foil Arms and Hog, Giggly Squad, Hannah Berner, Jessica Kirson, Joanne McNally, Joe Dombrowski, Felipe Esparza, Alan Davies, Gina Yashere, Urzila Carlson, The Lucas Brothers, BriTANick, Jen Brister, Josie Long, Kyle Kinane, River Butcher, Tom Ballard, Nath Valvo, Geoffrey Asmus, Melanie Bracewell, Reuben Kaye and Jamali Maddix.

Loose Women legend after she branded the star a “total witch”.Back in 2020, Melanie Blake – who runs talent agency Urban Associates – slammed her former client Nadia Sawalha on Twitter after the TV host opened up about body issues on the ITV show.It is understood their feud “kicked off” back in 2015 at the TV Choice awards but in a recent interview with OK! Magazine, the blonde bombshell brought their spat to the surface.Melanie also took a thinly veiled swipe at her as she brought up Nadia’s ongoing feud with her sister Julia during the tense interview.She told the publication: “Oh, I really don’t want to give that any more oxygen.“I’m sure she’s got enough drama with her sister Julia taking digs at her on social media, she’ll hardly want to be reminded of an old fall out with me.”The 57-year-old got vulnerable on Loose Women as she urged women to love themselves and their bodies as she shared her relationship with her body on the show.Two years ago, Melanie shared with her 27.4k followers: “It’s a shame she ‘officially’ gave up acting because Nadia deserve an Oscar for this speech.“In 20 years of repping clients I never saw a nastier side to anyone than I did of her and I'm not alone.“Her constant ‘be kind’ etc speeches are so ironic considering she is a total witch,” she concluded.It comes after the Sawalha sisters re-sparked their bitter feud for the umpteenth time when Julia accused Nadia of “destroying” their family and crying “fake tears for attention” back in 2019.The 50-year-old actress stormed to Twitter after Nadia claimed on the daytime panel show that their relationship was “volatile.”Almost two decades ago, the pair became enraged over Julia’s then-boyfriend Alan Davies, 53.Her older sister branded the

A TOP celebrity agent has reignited a feud with a Loose Women legend after branding her a "total witch". Melanie Blake slammed her former client Nadia Sawalha, 57, on Twitter back in August 2020. Nadia opened up about her body confidence on Loose Women and Melanie decided to tell everyone what she thought of the TV star.

Taskmaster has released a trailer for series 13 – you can watch it below.The Channel 4 comedy game show will return on Thursday, April 14, when a new line-up will join regular hosts Greg Davies and Alex Horne.Comedians Chris Ramsey, Bridget Christie and Sophie Duker will appear in the new series, alongside Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon and Loose Women panellist Judi Love.A description for the new series reads: “Survival for this courageous quintet will depend on their abilities to paint perfectly with their lips, effectively wrangle a cement mixer and chase Alex around a tree while he’s pedalling a tricycle.“Should they impress the Taskmaster, he will reward them with points and the occasional admiring word. But should they stumble or show any kind of weakness… he’ll scent blood and pounce on them like a puma.

Taskmaster has cryptically shared the forthcoming release date for series 13.In a graphic introducing the new participants, there also features a QR code guiding fans to an external page which itself redirects to the Taskmaster Twitter account banner.There, a message in the bottom left corner tells fans to go and visit the Taskmaster Instagram page.A message in the bottom right corner of the latest post reads the URL https://bit.ly/tmseries13, which redirects to the below YouTube video.Take a look here:In it, the show’s creator Little Alex Horne can be seen saying to camera that series 13 will begin on April 14 at 9pm on Channel 4 and All4.Comedians Chris Ramsey, Bridget Christie and Sophie Duker will all appear in series 13, alongside Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon and Loose Women panellist Judi Love.The most recent series featured Robinson, Alan Davies, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, Desiree Burch and Guz Khan.Another Taskmaster: Champion Of Champions special, which brings back previous winners, is scheduled to be released this year. The show will feature Liza Tarbuck, Kerry Godliman, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble and Richard Herring, who won series six to 10 respectively.

BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent didn't hesitate to blast the Oscars 2022 for 'lack of security' during a discussion about Will Smith smacking Chris Rock in the face. After Chris made a joke about Will's wife Jada Pinkett Smith - who is battling alopecia - resembling G.I.

BBC QI star Alan Davies has gloated about pouring his urine through Conservative Party headquarters’ letterbox. The BBC Jonathan Creek star made the claim on Dave's Unforgivable. Alan said: "I once wilfully and deliberately vandalised the Conservative party headquarters.

ALAN Davies has gloated about how he "deliberately vandalised" a Conservative Party office - after pouring his own urine through the letterbox. The comedian rose to fame on BBC crime series Jonathan Creek and has since gone on to become one of Britain's funniest men - but his recent gag is no laughing matter. During a recent episode of Unforgivable, Alan appeared alongside Sally Phillips and Ria Lina on the show.

Strictly Come Dancing 2021 winners Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice are reuniting for a very important reason. The ballroom champions have confirmed they will be getting back together for a one-off appearance more than a month after they finished their victory lap on the Strictly tour. The BBC has announced that Rose and Giovanni are among the special celebrity guests lined up for this year's Red Nose Day show on Friday, March 18 on BBC One.

Conservative Party office with his urine. After Rosie Jones recently recalled throwing up and passing out naked and drunk during a gig on Mel Giedroyc’s Unforgiveable, tonight, the Jonathan Creek star is joined by Sally Phillips and Ria Lina on the show where celebrities spill their most scandalous stories from which are ranked in order of apallingness by comic Lou Sanders. And Alan recalled leaving his mark, quite literally, on the Tory Party HQ.

LIAM Gallagher launched a foul-mouthed attack on Alan Davies after taking offence over the actor's comments about his beloved Manchester City. Former Oasis singer and avid Man City supporter Liam, 49, took to Twitter to respond to 55-year-old Alan's criticism of the football team. Liam fumed: "Alan Davies you need to f*** off to another C***RY 1 where they ain’t got a sense of humour you'll fit rite in you un funny s****bubble MCFC LG x." Speaking on his podcast The Tuesday Club this week, Jonathan Creek star Alan didn't hold back when discussing Man City.

Taskmaster series 13 has been announced.After crowning impressionist Morgana Robinson as champion for series 12, the Channel 4 comedy game show revealed who will join hosts Greg Davies and Alex Horne next year.Comedians Chris Ramsey, Bridget Christie and Sophie Duker will all appear in series 13, alongside Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon and Loose Women panellist Judi Love.You can check out a trailer for the series below.Taskmaster will return in 2022 with @ardalsfolly, @BridgetChristie, @IAmChrisRamsey, @1Judilove and @sophiedukebox! #Taskmaster pic.twitter.com/qiumSAkt1j— Taskmaster (@taskmaster) November 25, 2021The most recent series featured Robinson, Alan Davies, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, Desiree Burch and Guz Khan.Another Taskmaster:

Alan continued: "We came out of there at two o’clock in the morning."And then some bloke on the street was abusive to me and I went and bit him on the ear."When I got home I said to Katie [his wife], ‘I think I’ve done something terrible.”"I went over to have a go at him – shout in his ear... the red mist came down," he said on the Griefcast podcast to host Cariad Lloyd.Speaking about the incident at the time, Northerner Paul McElfatrick addressed the "painful" moment he realised the actor had bitten his ear.“I thought he was going to whisper something but his face darkened and he almost spat the words, ‘My name’s Alan.

comedy challenge show. Tonight, she will try to beat Morgana Robinson, Alan Davies, Desiree Burch and Guz Khan at slathering stuff on space hoppers and digging through doggy bags.

The star is a huge Arsenal supporter and has produced 181 episodes of his weekly podcast about the club.Elsewhere, Alan is appearing on the latest series of Taskmaster with Greg Davies and Alex Horne.The comedian is competing against Desiree Burch, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson and Victoria Coren Mitchell in the much-loved show.This sees him undertaking several unique tasks as he tries to wrack up points in the weekly show.Speaking to Whattowatch.com, the QI star opened up about why he decided to join the series.He said: “I was very aware of it, friends of mine have done it, so I've watched episodes.

Taskmaster has officially confirmed the release date for series 12 later this month.The show will return to screens on September 23, as confirmed by creator Alex Horne in a tweet earlier today (September 8).Horne shared a photo of the new lineup – Alan Davies, Desiree Burch, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson and Victoria Coren Mitchell – alongside himself and host Greg Davies.Thursday, September 23rd, 9pm, Channel 4. pic.twitter.com/J0iJtwcsPi— Alex Horne (@AlexHorne) September 8, 2021Taskmaster has aired for 95 episodes in the UK so far, with a further 40 still to come as part of a six-season deal confirmed with Channel 4 last year.

This read: “Sean was one of Britain’s finest comedians, his boundless creativity, lightning wit and the absurdist brilliance of his work marked him out as a unique voice in British comedy.“Sean was also a cherished husband and father to three children.“Sean will be sorely missed by all that knew him.”They also confirmed the comedian died of cancer at home, but did not comment on which form of the disease.Among those paying tribute to the star today was Alan Davies who said he had “quietly” wrestled with cancer for years.He penned on Twitter: “Sad news about Sean Lock.

cancer battle following the sad news of the 8 Out of 10 Cats star’s death today.The stand-up comedian took to Twitter to pay tribute to his colleague in view of his 797,000 Twitter followers and claimed he had “quietly wrestled with illness” in the years leading up to his tragic death.Alan penned: “Sad news about Sean Lock.”The star went on to reflect on his friendship with his fellow comedian, as they met at the beginning of their careers in stand-up comedy.Alan added: “Funny on stage, hilarious off. “We met in 1988 right at the start of our stand up careers.”The QI panellist, who appeared on the BBC show alongside Sean, explained that he hadn’t seen his co-star “in recent years” due to his cancer battle.He then sent his condolences to