Paul Merton

Reg Varney: Comic actor and entertainer who found fame in 'On The Buses'

The bus driver Stan Butler in On The Buses was the former variety artist Reg Varney's most famous screen role. The cheery-faced, 5ft 5in star, who steered the No 11 to the cemetery gates and through 73 television programmes,...

Johnny Vegas on Internet Chatrooms

Comedian and star of underrated amazing comedy series Ideal, tries to convince Paul Merton to put the things he hates most in life into the famous Room 101. Stick with it, this really made me chuckle. Anyone who has ever been...

Comedy panel shows are 'testosterone fuelled' says BBC Radio 4 presenter

Sandi Toksvig, the BBC Radio 4 presenter, has attacked the laddish culture of "testosterone-fuelled" comedy panel shows. By Nicole Martin, Digital and Media Correspondent Toksvig, who hosts The News Quiz on Radio 4, said that...

It's I'm a Celebrity time...

It's that time of year again - when a heady mix of desperate, E-list celebrities attempt to rejuvenate their careers by sitting around in a jungle for a couple of weeks and eating some bugs.Illogical as it may seem, the...

No link between IVF and breast cancer

Fears that IVF might raise women’s risk of developing breast cancer have been dispelled by a nationwide study in the Netherlands, which has found that the fertility treatment has no effect on the disease.

For My Brother - Missing In Action 1943

Sweet brother, if I do not sleepMy eyes are flowers for your tomb;And if I cannot eat my bread,My fasts shall live like willows where you died.If in the heat I find no water for my thirst,My thirst shall turn to springs for...

'The Bill' documentary fails to shine

Saturday, November 8 2008, 16:36 GMT By Neil Wilkes, Editor A spinoff documentary based on The Bill was a ratings flop for ITV1 on Wednesday night, averaging just 2.56m (11%) in the 9pm hour. The Bill Made Me Famous recounted...

TV ratings - November 5: TV ratings: Channel Five's Brand-Ross special draws 1m

Georgina Baillie: exclusive Channel Five interview on the Sachsgate row. Photograph: Scoopt/Getty Images Channel Five's exclusive TV interview with the burlesque dancer at the centre of the Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross row...

Freesat rolls out integrated campaign for Christmas

Freesat, the free-to-view satellite TV service, has rolled out an integrated campaign in a bid to boost sales in the run up to Christmas. Freesat's largest ever ad campaign runs across online and print and focuses on people's...

NEWS: Five launches on Freesat

November debut announced Freesat, the free-to-air digital satellite TV service, has announced that Five will launch onto the platform on Tuesday November 18. ... Read Five launches on Freesat on Pocket-lint now

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