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Sir Billy Connolly was honoured tonight as he was awarded a Bafta Fellowship and gave an emotional acceptance speech talking about Parkinson's.

Naman Ramachandran Comedian, actor, artist, writer, musician and presenter, Billy Connolly (“Mrs. Brown”), will be honored with the BAFTA Fellowship at this year’s Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards.The fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s contribution to film, television or games across their career. Previous TV honorees include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Jon Snow, Bruce Forsyth, Joanna Lumley, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Palin, Trevor MacDonald, David Attenborough, Julie Walters, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Katie Adie and Joan Bakewell.In 1995, Connolly won the BAFTA Scotland entertainment category for “Billy Connolly’s World Tour of Scotland.” He has since received five BAFTA nominations, and has been presented with a BAFTA special award in 2002 and the BAFTA Scotland outstanding contribution to television and film in 2012.

Alexandra Burke ,singer,song-writer and British X-Factor winner ,has signed on to play the villainess in this year’s London Palladium pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk.

The Vicar of Dibley star Dawn French has shared that she is "at the gates of hell" as she prepares to undergo a transformation with her teeth.The 64-year-old left her fans in stitches after she took to her Instagram to share snaps of herself in a dental chair.Appearing rather petrified in one of the photos, the star could be seen with her gnashers on full display while surrounded by the dental surgeon and nurse at Carriageworks Lostwithiel Dental.In another pic, Dawn could be seen wearing dark glasses with her mouth being opened widely with a teeth retractor in her mouth once again.Although she never informed her 443k followers of what she was about to get done, she did give the indication that she wasn't looking forward to the procedure.Captioning the snap, she penned: "There’s nowhere I’d rather be… than here…at the gates of hell…. Thanks to all @carriageworkslostwithieldental HERE GOES!"Rushing to the comment section, fans shared their thoughts on the pics, which some were clearly amused by.One person wrote: "Dawn wins the internet today, tooth-funny."Another said: "Jeez good luck.

Dawn French has made a whopping £4.3million after selling her Cornwall mansion to entrepreneur Sir Christopher Evans. The Vicar of Dibley star bought the stunning mansion in 2006 for £2.3million with then-husband and fellow actor Lenny Henry.After their divorce in 2010, the comedian remained in the house with their daughter Billie, and current husband Mark Bignell later joined them.Last year, the 64-year-old sold it for £6.6million, nearly triple the amount she bought it for 16 years ago.The historic three-storey Point Neptune House overlooks the harbour in Fowey which biotech businessman Sir Christopher Evans, who is worth an estimated £208million, can now enjoy.After reports emerged that she was selling the Grade-II listed building, a source said: "Yes, Dawn is selling up, but she’s very much staying in Cornwall.

DAWN French looked almost unrecognisable with pigtails and glasses after testing positive for Covid last week. The Vicar Of Dibley actress, who is known for her signature brunette bob, overhauled her look during the coronavirus lockdowns when she revealed her new pixie cut and natural grey colour.

Dawn French delighted fans with a new selfie on Sunday, almost a week after she revealed she tested positive for coronavirus. The Vicar of Dibley actress, 64, revealed that despite still testing positive for COVID-19, she is feeling "springy".MORE: Dawn French reveals the cheeky comment she made when she met Prince Charles"Still with the [COVID-19] but cheerfully Springy as hell here…" she remarked alongside a stunning new selfie which was taken against a beautiful backdrop of primroses and daffodils.WATCH: Dawn French clarifies flippant Strictly Come Dancing remarkFans flocked to the comments section with one writing: "Hopefully soon you will be negative.

Those lockdown months taught us plenty of things about our hair: scrunchies are an acceptable hair accessory at any age, yes we CAN survive without our six-weekly highlights top-ups – and seeing naturally grey hair on display is no longer as taboo as it once was. In fact, in a recent poll Wella Professionals discovered that 57% of women feel that “grey is back in fashion”, with one in five seeing going grey as an “exciting new chapter” in their lives.

Saturday Night Takeaway fans were left dumbfounded as a contestant took to the stage to play Kiddie-oke and boasted the same name as Vicar of Dibley star Dawn French.The identical name caused quite a stir on the programme and online, with host Declan Donnelly, 46, jokingly asking the next player: "You're not Jennifer Saunders are you?"Fans of the ITV programme appeared to be even more baffled by the name coincidence and took to Twitter to comment.One person quipped: "Jennifer Saunders up next #SaturdayNightTakeaway," followed by laughing emojis.Another added: "I'll give Dawn credit there that was a hard song to sing #SaturdayNightTakeaway."A third said: "Yes, bring back French And Saunders on Saturday nights. #SaturdayNightTakeaway."While a fourth online user jibed: "Dawn French on #SaturdayNightTakeaway @Dawn_French."Dawn was hoping to be in with a chance of bagging the top prize of £500 as she attempted to guess the track.While the contestant who shared the same name with comedian and TV star Dawn French, seemed to know the words to the song, she failed to recall the title which was Summer Of 69.Another hilarious and unplanned moment arose during the game when Claire stepped up to the microphone.Rather than saying her name when asked by host's Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, she instead announced where she was from.

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As schools, shops and businesses across the UK raise funds for Red Nose Day 2022, here’s what you need to know about Comic Relief – and when Red Nose Day beganEvery mid-March, people all over the UK don iconic red noses and take part in fundraising activities to raise money to help to end child poverty and hunger. The UK’s funny fundraising campaign, spearheaded by Comic Relief, sees Red Nose Day held every two years – with schools, businesses and celebrities raising money to help aid Comic Relief’s mission of tackling poverty in the UK and across the world.

BBC fundraiser Comic Relief is back on our TV screens on this weekend.The long running programme was founded in 1986 by stars including Lenny Henry, and has since featured some of the biggest names of stage, screen and film including Alan Carr, Tess Daley, Chris Evans and Graham Norton.Its 2022 show will also feature huge celebrities including David Tennant, Davina McCall, Alesha Dixon, Zoe Ball and of course, Sir Lenny Henry, to name a few.Ahead of the highly anticipated event, Daily Star has taken a look at where some of the hosts, past and present, are now.Lenny Henry was one of the stars to co-found Comic Relief back in 1986 and has regularly hosted the charity fundraising programme throughout the years.Having risen to fame as a comedian, he made his way into television through the talent competition New Faces in 1976, at the age of just 16 years old.From there it was onwards and upwards, as he also appeared on Tiswas, The Fosters and starring as multiple characters in 1986's Lenny Henry Tonite and The Lenny Henry Show.He has most recently appeared in Doctor Who as Daniel Barton, Broadchurch as Ed Bennett and The Syndicate as Godfrey Watson, as well as being listed as appearing in the new Lord of the Rings TV series.His career also led him to his future wife and fellow comedian Dawn French, who he was married to from 1984-2010, and with who he has one daughter Billie Henry.The couple divorced in 2010, but Dawn French told The Mirror that she and Lenny are still very close friends, saying: "Remarkably, we seem to have shifted with relative ease from a 25-year marriage to a lasting friendship.“I am amazed by us – there is no war, we’ve turned out to be the best of friends."Zoe Ball is no stranger to presenting roles,

Dawn French, 64, revealed their “bizarre” relationship meant they could no longer live under the same roof.The Vicar of Dibley actress admitted her daughter, now 30, had moved out of the family home at the age of 24.Dawn French and her ex-husband Sir Lenny Henry adopted Billie Henry when she was just two weeks old.She said their relationship causes “frequent wars”.While they love each other, they do not always get along, she told the Daily Mail in 2015.She joked that there “would be murder” if they had continued to live under the same roof.However, her daughter’s new house, at the time, was only 12 minutes away, so they still both lived in Cornwall.Shooting to fame as part of the French and Saunders duo in the eighties and nineties, Dawn also admitted that motherhood had been a challenge for her.“I expected that if you nurture [a child], like a tomato plant, it grows towards the light, and surely if your mum is someone who wants to have fun with you and have adventures and read with you and spend time with you, how could you ever have a war?,” she said.“But I haven’t got a kid who wants to read with me and have adventures with me, I’ve got a different kind of kid who’s a different set of challenges and that’s been my lesson.“Nothing is ever what you think it’s going to be at all.”Dawn said the love between them is what keeps her going through the challenges of motherhood.“If the love wasn’t there I don’t know how we’d survive all this other stuff."Despite the ups and downs, Dawn has described her daughter as ‘the greatest achievement’ in her life.She explained: “Our relationship exists in a bizarre kind of process of peacetime, small battles, war.“The peacetime is much more than the other two energies, but we have our

Dawn French has revealed that her doctors feared she had a brain tumour as she was suffering horrific vertigo symptoms at one stage that were so bad she could barely continue through her shows on tour.The hugely-popular comic has been enjoying going on tour over the last few years, and even has another one planned for later this year. But behind the scenes, audience-goers never realised just what the Vicar of Dibley actress was battling.

BBC sketch show French and Saunders and her lead role in The Vicar of Dibley.The actress boasts a rather large set of assets, and in a new interview she has revealed the challenges that come with her ageing body.The comedian boasts a 42G cup size and has admitted that the older she has got, the more problematic they are becoming.Speaking about the issue, she said: "If the full bra is off and I’ve smartened myself up and had a flannel wash."If I look straight on – and I love them, really love them, they’ve gone southwards a little bit now, but I don’t mind that, it’s all in the name of bosoms – they look a little bit like a sad dog looking at you."She continued to The Daily Star: "That’s the feeling I get when I look at my areola and nipple area."It's like the eyes of a needy dog."Dawn does still enjoy having such a "bouncy" chest, however she does admit there are challenges for her.She continued: "I'm very, very fond of my t*ts, I love them, I'm very fond of them, they're big, they’re bouncy, they are a little playground for me and others to enjoy but I sort of wish they could screw on and screw off.The comedian admitted she hasn't been able to run since she was about six, and has never been able to wear a spaghetti dress because there are no comfortable bras for her.She admitted: "There are just days when I wish they weren't there and other days when I'm very glad they are."Dawn recently opened up about her brain tumour scare in 2014, while she was doing a stand-up tour.The French and Saunders star was diagnosed with vertigo back in 2014 whilst she was busy performing her 30 Million Minutes tour.Dawn even had to take a walking stick with her on stage as she became afraid of falling over.Speaking on Michelle Visage's

Comedian Dawn French has opened up about the brain tumour scare she experienced whilst battling vertigo in 2014. During her stand-up tour, Dawn’s condition was so bad it left her feeling like her head was “collapsing inwards”. The French and Saunders star, 64, was diagnosed with vertigo back in 2014 whilst she was busy performing her 30 Million Minutes tour. Dawn even had to take a walking stick with her on stage as she became afraid of falling over.Speaking on Michelle Visage's Rule Breakers podcast, Dawn admitted that the condition left her terrified as she couldn’t understand “what is up and what is down”. She explained: “It is like my skull is a room and the whole of the top is collapsing inwards, and everything starts spinning.“It's like being very drunk and not understanding what is up and what is down.“And for a while they thought I might have a brain tumour,” Dawn revealed. The comedian went on to detail how the neurologist had told her the condition was triggered by the side-lighting on stage, explaining that she had nothing to “latch” her eyes onto due to the darkness where the audience were sat.Dawn also admitted that performing on a raked stage sloping downwards towards the audience made her feel that she wasn't “upright", which only made things worse. She added: “I took a stick on stage with me and I would make my two legs very wide on stage and I would put the stick in front of me like a tripod so that I had something to stand up to.“It was like being on a buffeting boat or something.

Dawn French has moaned that her giant breasts are starting to resemble a “sad dog looking at you” because they are going “southwards”.The comedian boasts an enormous 42G cup size and although she has always enjoyed having such large boobs as she gets older they are becoming more problematic.Dawn, 64, says as her breasts have drooped so her nipples now point downwards and if she stands in the mirror looking at her mammoth mammaries they look like a miserable mutt who is pleading with their owner to take them out.She said: “If the full bra is off and I’ve smartened myself up and had a flannel wash."If I look straight on – and I love them, really love them, they’ve gone southwards a little bit now, but I don’t mind that, it’s all in the name of bosoms – they look a little bit like a sad dog looking at you.“You know when a dog is going, ‘Please let me out, please let me out.’That’s the feeling I get when I look at my areola and nipple area.

The Repair Shop’s Jay Blades, 52, was taken aback after meeting legendary actress Dame Judi Dench, 87. He took to Twitter to immortalise the moment with a snap after the pair worked together to raise funds for Comic Relief.Jay took to Twitter, where he has garnered 46,000 followers, to share a picture alongside his Comic Relief Night special guests.As well as with Dame Judi, Jay could be seen posing alongside comedians Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.In the snap, Jay and his guests appeared in good spirits as they either sported the Comic Relief red nose or head boppers.Jay captioned the snap: "Good morning all.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing is returning to our screens later this year - and there'll be a brand new raft of faces. Celebrities will be busy negotiating their contracts now as the line up is finalised ahead of a September launch. Typically, the Strictly line up is drip fed out throughout the summer.

DAWN French’s doctors feared she had a brain tumour as she battled vertigo during her last tour. The comic has told of the terrifying toll which the condition had on her, which left her scared she would fall over on stage because she couldn’t tell “which way is upright.” She was diagnosed with it during her 30 Million Minutes tour in 2014 and said that at its worst, it felt like her head was “collapsing inwards.” The Vicar of Dibley star then had to take a stick on stage to help her stand up without falling over.

Dawn French left fans floored as she showed off her ageless beauty in a natural snap on Instagram.The Vicar of Dibley star, 64, bared her shoulders and collarbone in a glamorous selfie that hinted she wasn’t wearing a top - or was at least swaddled in a towel from the chest down.Dawn arranged her silver hair into a sleek quiff atop her head with just a streak of blonde, opting for a dark smokey eye as she prepared to face the day and adding a dash of pale pink lipstick.With her volumous lashes on display, the hazel-eyed actress gazed into the camera lens with an earnest smile on her face, and looked to be wearing nothing but a pair of gold hoop earrings.She captioned the snap in view of her 419,000 Instagram followers: “In an upside down world… I’m DETERMINED to remain optimistic… COME ON HUMANS!”And her fans soon poured into the comments section to praise the stunning star, with one writing: “I second this emotion! Oh and you look absolutely gorgeous as always, those stunning eyes!”“What a stunning, talented, intelligent human,” another gushed.As someone else said: “You look so so stunning! Watching your sketches and hearing your inspirational words in interviews have helped me make it through these crazy times. Sending love!”A fourth fan praised: “Love you, Dawn.