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Comic Relief raises over £34m as stars parody The Traitors and Eurovision

Hosts of BBC fundraiser include AJ Odudu and Paddy McGuinness but Lenny Henry is absent for first time

The Guardian - UK

Comic Relief 2023 raises huge £31million as donation total revealed on air

Comic Relief's Red Nose Day returned on Friday night for 2023 with a host of names teaming up to help raise money for big causes

Daily Mirror

‘You can’t beat the old one’: Jennifer Saunders admits to feeling ‘slight dread’ at Fawlty Towers reboot

‘Why don’t you write a new thing?’ comedian asked, following John Cleese announcing revival

The Independent UK

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‘You can’t sort out the NHS without sorting elderly care’: Richard Eyre on his new geriatric ward film and the government’s state of ‘panic’

The great stage director talks to Louis Chilton about taking on Alan Bennett’s ‘Allelujah’ and the crisis of morality at its heart

The Independent UK

Dawn French fans confused as star shares snap from inside the Winkleverse

Fans said she looked 'more like Claudia than Claudia'

Wales Online

‘The funniest stuff is just chatting’: Jennifer Saunders on coping with modern life and why family comes first

For years, Jennifer Saunders’ silliness, zaniness and gleeful vulgarity has made her one of our most brilliant comedians. But now she finds herself doing ‘active acting’. She talks about postboxes, puzzling and why she couldn’t be happier

The Guardian - UK

Jennifer Saunders slams Madonna as she insists she’s ‘not fighting’ ageing

The comedian has said she wants to grow old gracefully in a new interview

Evening Standard

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Kathy Burke: Growing Up review – the perfect example of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ TV

The actor takes an amusing look at ageing, meeting Jennifer Saunders and a septuagenarian dominatrix. It will make you yearn to go to the pub with her – but don’t expect anything life-changing

The Guardian - UK

The Traitors returning with Celebrity Red Nose Day sketch after season two announcement

The special episode will involve Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Claudia Winkleman for Comic Relief, and will air on Friday March 17 for Comic Relief.

Daily Record

Best podcasts of the week: The makers of Serial are back with a cold case killing in deepest Wyoming

In this week’s newsletter: Reporter Kim Barker explores an unsolved murder in her ‘mean’ hometown, in The Coldest Case in Laramie. Plus: five of the best podcasts about friendship

The Guardian - UK

‘We fetishised being young – it’s just stupid!’: Judi Dench and Richard Eyre on ageing, Covid and saving the NHS

Shot in 2021, a film of Allelujah, Alan Bennett’s 2018 play set on a geriatric ward, is released next month. How relevant does it remain? Its stars, including Jennifer Saunders and Bally Gill, share their thoughts during production – and more than a year later

The Guardian - UK

The rising stars of stage and screen 2023

Keep an eye out for these about-to-be-famous faces

Evening Standard

Celebrities who have turned down knighthoods, OBEs and MBEs

Not everyone who is offered an honour has accepted them

Wales Online

From Skepta to David Bowie – the celebrities who turned down New Year’s Honours

Whether for political, personal or professional reasons, not everyone considers the annual awards an 'honour'

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

Dawn French says she'd like to die on stage and be dragged 'off to the side'

She was speaking on a podcast called Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake

The Independent UK

Absolutely Fabulous: The time Idris Elba played a male escort in a 1995 episode

Elba appeared in the episode ‘Sex’ long before he was famous

Liverpool Echo

Christmas adverts 2022: We rate the best so far from Lidl, M&S, Asda, Lego and more

The first flurry of Christmas adverts have landed for this year. We give our verdict, but what do you think? Watch them below and let us know.

Wales Online

Christmas adverts 2022 from M&S, Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Lidl and more

The John Lewis and Aldi Christmas adverts for 2022 are yet to drop but we'll update you as soon as they do - here's how to watch all the latest festive campaigns from the supermarkets

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Evening Standard

Marks and Spencer Christmas advert review: French and Saunders team-up falls flat

It’s not just any disappointing ad: it’s an M&S disappointing ad

Liverpool Echo

Marks and Spencer reunites French and Saunders in 'iconic' Christmas advert

Marks and Spencer launched the first of its festive adverts on November 2

The Independent UK

Jennifer Saunders joins Dawn French in new M&S Christmas advert

The pair voice Duckie and Christmas Fairy

Wales Online

M&S reunites French and Saunders in 'feel-good' Christmas food advert

The Marks and Spencer TV advert sees Dawn French as the Christmas Fairy while Jennifers Saunders plays 'Duckie' - a dog chew toy

Manchester Evening News

ITV This Morning viewers distracted midway through programme over nothing to do with the show

Holly and Phillip had another busy show on their hands with studio guests and the news, beauty, and cooking segments

Manchester Evening News

Marks and Spencer shoppers divided over 2022 Christmas advert with 'national treasures' Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders

It is one of the first festive adverts to be released this year

Chronicle Live

M&S 2022 Christmas advert reunites Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders

Dawn returns as Fairy, this time with a new sidekick, Duckie, voiced by her French & Saunders co-star

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