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Gogglebox has signed up Fred Sirieix and his fiancee Fruitcake for the next series of its celebrity edition. He told The Sun that he was "delighted" to be on the show and that it was going to be "very surreal" as his own show had often appeared on Gogglebox. Fred added: "I am looking forward to the public getting to meet the wonderful Fruitcake too.

The Chase fans couldn't help but compare a contestant to several famous faces. Bradley Walsh returned to present another round of the popular ITV quiz show, and today (May 25), he welcomed 69-year-old Gordon.Gordon, who is a retired English teacher who has long hair, was second in line to face Paul Sinha.Immediately, viewers at home took to social media to compare the contestant to a few familiar faces, including a Harry Potter star and former professional footballer.Comparing Gordon to the actor who played Argus Filch in Harry Potter, one user wrote: "Tonight the role of Gordon will be played by renowned actor David Bradley.""I know that he’s a retired English teacher, but does he really need to have his hair cut like William Shakespeare? #TheChase," another penned.Accompanied by a picture of the infamous Dr.

Janette Manrara took a savage shot at her former Strictly Come Dancing dance partner HRVY on The Weakest Link.Strictly pro Janette was partnered up with pop star HRVY on Strictly back in 2020, where they made it all the way to the grand final of the BBC show.Sadly for the pair. they would go on to suffer heartbreak at the final hurdle when they narrowly missed out on the coveted Glitterball trophy to Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse.Janette and singer HRVY appeared together on a star-studded Strictly special episode of The Weakest Link, which aired last December.However, Janette decided to blast HRVY on camera when she joked she blamed him for their Strictly exit.The hilariously savage moment from the popular quiz show showed Janette vote for her former dance partner as the weakest link at the end of the round.Host Romesh Ranganathan called out the Cuban dance whizz for voting for her old Strictly pal.The comedian said: "Janette, you voted for HRVY.

Welcome to Metro.co.uk‘s The Big Questions, where we ask, well, the big questions (and the smaller ones too) and this week, we’re getting stuck in with Josh Widdicombe.The comedian has had a glistening career on a number of the nation’s most treasured panel shows, including The Last Leg with Adam Hills and Alex Brooker, and Mock The Week.His latest series of Hypothetical with co-star and fellow comic James Acaster has just been released on Dave, and the 39-year-old is also keeping himself busy with his podcast Parenting Hell, which he co-hosts with Rob Beckett.Amid his busy schedule, Josh sat down with us to chat all things Hypothetical, how he was once pied by Caitlyn Jenner, and the ‘myth’ that is cancel culture.It was lovely to return to doing the TV show in kind of the way it was intended to be, with people in the audience. Hypothetical really works off the energy of the audience and is about being in the moment and being in the room, so it was so nice to have the audience back.

Katherine Ryan has revealed she would have loved to have the late Sean Lock on her new comedy show, Backstage With Katherine Ryan. The 8 Out Of 10 Cats star died on August 16 last year from cancer, at the age of 58, with his close friend Bill Bailey saying the comedian was diagnosed with ‘advanced’ lung cancer ‘a few years ago.

K.J. Yossman Julia Donaldson’s “Romeo and Juliet”-inspired story “The Smeds and The Smoos” is set to be adapted for a BBC Christmas special starring Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins (“The Shape of Water”), “Bridgerton’s” Adjoa Andoh and comedian Bill Bailey.Oscar-nominated production company, who have previously adapted nine of Donaldson’s children’s books for the BBC, will once again take the helm on the project, which will also be based on Axel Scheffler’s original illustrations, with Blue Zoo Animation Studio providing animation services.Donaldson and Scheffler are the duo behind iconic children’s stories including “The Gruffalo.”Daniel Snaddon (“The Snail and the Whale”) and Samantha Cutler will direct based on a screenplay by Julia Smuts Louw.

Strictly - and all the gossip that comes with it. From judge drama to the ‘Strictly curse’, it’s a highlight of the year for many, and one of the only things that keeps us in on the sofa on a Saturday night.And one of the best loved stars of the show is Oti Mabuse, who started as one of the professionals in 2015, paired with Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo.

reality series were shocked by a particular scene that aired on the programme last month in April 2022. Some even took it upon themselves to write in a formal complaint to Ofcom after they witnessed raunchy scene between a woman and a duck. During the hour-long episode, the sofa critics tuned into a scene from the Apple TV Plus series called Roar, whereby the a character named Elisa (Merritt Wever) is sexually pleasured by a bird.

WE’RE used to seeing Oti Mabuse on the arm of a man as she spins across a dancefloor. For seven years she was seen on Strictly Come Dancing alongside the likes of Kevin Fletcher and Bill Bailey, then Ashley Banjo on Dancing On Ice.

Dianne Buswell has insisted that Oti Mabuse and Aljaž Škorjanec will always be part of Strictly Come Dancing, despite announcing their departures from the dance show earlier this year. Speaking to stand-in Lorraine presenter Christine Lampard on Tuesday's show, the professional dancer, 32, explained that while it was 'really sad' to see the two dancers go, they would still 'see everyone'. She said: 'I started with Aljaz many many years ago before Strictly, so I’ve known Aljaz and Janette for ages.

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Ear. The Geordie presenters will be pranking Oti as the hilarious feature returns on the final episode of the season. Ant & Dec will direct Oti to complete a series of embarrassing tasks in front of unsuspecting members of the public through a hidden earpiece.

Bill Bailey believes Chris Rock and Will Smith were both wrong for their actions after the controversial Oscars bust-up. During the live broadcast, the King Richard actor, 53, stormed on stage and smacked Chris, 57, across the face for joking about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair – the actress suffers from alopecia but sources say Chris was unaware of her condition.  During Wednesday’s This Morning, presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary asked the former Strictly Come Dancing winner if he felt ‘pressure’ to censor his material following the Academy Awards incident.

Maisie Smith has taken a cheeky swipe at her former Strictly Come Dancing rival Bill Bailey. The former EastEnders actress, 20, was crowned the winner of The Masked Singer Live tour on Sunday evening (April 3) at the O2 Arena in London.

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Jay interrupted: “That you’d have to commit to 12 weeks. Even if you’re out in week three, you’d have to commit.”Bill explained: “I just thought, ‘I’d never be sable to commit to this amount of time.

Out To Lunch with Jay Rayner podcast on Tuesday.

Eurovision inspired by Dad’s Army.The 57-year-old described the tune, dubbed Put That Light Out Mr Hodges, as “beautiful”.However he admitted that the Eurovision song hopeful, which had a Dad’s Army theme, was rejected by the BBC for being “too silly”.He says: “I’m a bit of a Eurovision nerd only because I’ve watched it every year since I was a kid, I was obsessed with it slightly.“Every time I’m away or abroad, any part of the world I’m in I try to watch it because... it shouldn’t still be happening.“It’s a ludicrous load of nonsense that should no way still be a thing.

Strictly Come Dancing in 2020 because he was struggling for money when his comedy gigs were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic. Little did he know he would go on to win the show alongside Oti Mabuse and become one of the most popular winners in the show’s history.In a new episode of Jay Rayner’s Out to Lunch podcast, Bill admitted he had been asked to do Strictly many times before he finally agreed.His hesitation in the past came down to the “relentlessness” of committing 12 weeks of his life to the process.Bill told the food critic: “I thought, I will never be able to commit to this amount of time, it’s ridiculous!“But then, of course, a once in a generation plague comes along.”He explained that when the pandemic hit, his tour was cancelled and work had dried up.The comedian confessed: “All this work was disappearing out the door.

before his death from cancer, aged 58, in August last year.Speaking on the show, the comedian said: “There was one moment when I went to see him where he just said to me – and he didn’t say this in a ‘I want to make you feel better’ or ‘I’m trying to convince myself’ way; I just knew it was 100 per cent true – he just said to me: ‘I’ve had a really good life, you know.’“It was really… it was so profound the way he said it, because I thought, ‘He really has,’ because he’s got this fantastic wife, three beautiful kids and he’s spent his life making millions of people laugh. It’s hard to argue with.”Gone at this about Sean Lock pic.twitter.com/d3dFOUaLNI— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) March 5, 2022After his death was announced last year, Mack released a statement which read: “I’ve known this day was coming for some time, but it’s no less heart-breaking.

Dancing on Ice judge Oti Mabuse broke Strictly viewers' hearts last month when the popular dancer announced she was leaving the long-running show to focus on other projects.Her partners on the programme included Kelvin Fletcher and Bill Bailey, with whom she lifted the glitterball in 2019 and 2020, but behind the scenes she's loyal to one man – her husband Marius Iepure.MORE: Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood talks Oti Mabuse exit: 'It's brilliant news'You might know that Romanian-born Marius is a fellow dancer who appeared in group dances on Strictly in 2017 and you've probably guessed that he's one of Oti's biggest supporters.But do you know how the couple met and what they've each said about what keeps them together? Read on to find out more…WATCH: Oti Mabuse dances with husband following Strictly exitOti and Marius were introduced by another beloved member of the Strictly family – Oti's eldest sister and judge on the show, Motsi Mabuse!  Motsi suggested some male professionals for Oti to trial as dance partners after she moved from South Africa to Germany.MORE: Oti Mabuse's two destination weddings were nothing like sister Motsi's – detailsSEE: Dancing on Ice's Oti Mabuse's unexpected home gym where she stays fitMarius proved to be Oti's top choice and the talented pair not only won the German National Show Dance Championships and finished second at the World Latin Championships but also fell in love, going on to tie the knot in 2014. Oti and Marius started out as dance partners It wasn't all smooth sailing between the pair, however, as Oti has since admitted.

Oti Mabuse appeared on the 13th series of Strictly Come Dancing for the first time back in 2015.She was partnered with professional boxer Anthony Ogogo, but was eliminated in Week 3 of the competition.The dancer returned the next year with Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac, finishing second, and in 2019 lifted the Glitterball Trophy for the first time with Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher.Her victory was repeated in 2020 with comedian Bill Bailey, making her the second professional dancer to win twice and the only one to ever lift the trophy for two years in a row. Since then the dancer has moved on to Dancing On Ice, but this time she is sat on the judging panel rather than taking to the dance floor.One of her most iconic looks from the show was featured in the promotional pictures for this year’s series of Dancing On Ice, her first series on the judging panel after making the transition from Strictly Come Dancing.