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Jeremy Clarkson on why his brother-in-law is 'furious' over Millionaire rule

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that his presenting role on ITV's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has ruffled some feathers in his family - particularly with his super-fan brother-in-law. The former Top Gear presenter, 63, is back on our screens for the show's latest series, becoming the host following ITV's reboot in 2018. Speaking ahead of the new episodes, Jeremy admitted that as he is now the show's host, his brother-in-law will never get a chance to play the game despite the fact that he's a big fan.
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Chris Tarrant shell-shocked as Status Quo star 'smoked spliff' in front of kids on Tiswas
“I remember once somebody said ‘I saw a child crying on their show’, well yeah go to a kids party, kids cry you know, they fall over and stuff.He added: “We had this famous incident where, I decided we would have a celebrity cage, instead of normal members of the public we pelted with rubbish, let’s get celebrities in there.“We had Status Quo, a rock band from America called Goldie and the Gingerbreads, Lemmy from Motorhead and the late splendid John Peel, the cage was rammed.“We pelted them with whatever and then I’m doing a sketch with Lenny and I suddenly thought that’s marijuana, I, a producer of a children’s show and somebody is smoking a spliff.”When asked “Did you find out who it was?”, Chris said: ”Yes, basically Lenny and I were doing the sketch, he was dressed up as a waiter and Lenny was like ‘where are you going’ and I said forget it and just pelted the cage with water and the offending item was put out.“I can’t tell you who it was… Rick Parfitt.”Tiswas, which stood for Today Is Saturday: Watch And Smile, ran between 1974 and 1982 with Chris at the helm for seven of those years.Featuring a stitch-together of competitions, film clips, pop promos and comedy sketches, the show left kids howling with laughter across eight series.Chris was joined by co-host Sally James as well as a young Sir Lenny Henry and occasional appearances from comedians such as Jim Davidson.Chris believes censors would pour cold water all over Tiswas today because of how some of the guests were treated.A popular segment on the show was “The Cage”, where, usually, a child in the audience who had applied, would be locked up and periodically doused in water.It became so popular that the 100th show featured several hundred fans lining the
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