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On Saturday 31 May 2025, BBC One broadcasts Bridge of Lies!

Celebrity Specials Season 3: Episode 5 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Bridge of Lies” promises to be an exciting celebrity special. Hosted by Ross Kemp, this episode will feature a lineup of well-known faces ready to take on the high-stakes quiz. The contestants include Rachel Riley, famous for her role on “Countdown,” Les Dennis, a beloved comedian and television presenter, Jordan Banjo, known for his work on “Diversity,” and Fiona O’Carroll, who plays a key role in the popular show “Mrs Brown’s Boys.”

Viewers can expect plenty of fun and laughter as these celebrities compete against each other. Each contestant will face tricky questions and challenging tasks, testing their knowledge and quick thinking. The stakes will be high, and the pressure will be on as they try to win for their chosen charities.

With Ross Kemp at the helm, the episode...

Archstone Boards ‘Chili Finger’ With Greer, Astin, Cranston and Goodman

Exclusive: Archstone has taken over international sales duties from Moonstone Entertainment to dark comedy Chili Finger ahead of the Cannes market. Set to shoot this summer in Central Illinois, the film is due to star Judy Greer, Sean Astin, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman. Gersh will continue handling domestic. Chili Finger tells the story of a recently empty-nested mother Jess (Greer) who discovers a human finger in her bowl of chili. When she blackmails the restaurant for a cash payout, the situation spirals out of control and her life descends into chaos. Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad, who wrote the script, will co-direct. Sam Sandweiss and Jo Henriquez are producing. Goodman and Greer will executive produce alongside Archstone’s Jack Sheehan, Scott Martin, and Michael Slifkin.

Brendan Gleeson Making West End Debut

Brendan Gleeson is to make his West End...

On Saturday 1 February 2025, BBC One broadcasts The Weakest Link!

Season 4 Episode 10 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Weakest Link” promises to be an exciting event on BBC One. Hosted by Romesh Ranganathan, this iconic quiz show will feature eight celebrities competing for a good cause. Each contestant will work together to accumulate money for charity while trying to avoid being voted off as the weakest link.

In this episode, viewers will see a diverse group of celebrity contestants. Kate Lawler, known for her vibrant personality, will bring her charm to the game. Les Dennis, a familiar face in entertainment, adds his wit and experience to the mix. Troy Deeney, a well-known footballer, will showcase his competitive spirit. Jordan Gray, a talented performer, is sure to bring some fun to the show.

Jeff Brazier, a popular TV presenter, will also be in the lineup, along with Aljaz Skorjanec, who is recognized for his dancing skills.

Stephen Mulhern hosts a celebrity charity special of the game show, with Les Dennis, Rebecca Sarker, and Jordan Stephens as contestants. The trio will attempt to decipher well-known phrases from animations, with the chance to win a £50,000 jackpot for their chosen charities. In this game, the contestants must quickly identify catchphrases from animated clues, […]

Celebrity Catchphrase: Les Dennis, Rebecca Sarker, Jordan Stephens...

Filming has begun on the fourth season of the BBC Studios Drama production Sister Boniface Mysteries, a BritBox International and UKTV co-production created by Jude Tindall. The show will also return for another feature-length Christmas special this December, written by Jude Tindall and directed by Paul Gibson.

Lorna Watson is back as TV’s number one Vespa-driving, crime-solving Catholic nun alongside Max Brown as Di Sam Gillespie, Jerry Iwu as DS Felix Livingstone, and Ami Metcalf as Wpc Peggy Button.

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Season four’s guest stars include Les Dennis (Coronation Street), Katherine Kingsley (The Larkins), Martyn Ellis (Renegade Nell), Mina Anwar (The Sarah Jane Adventures), Ed Birch (The Witcher), and Daniel Laurie (Call the Midwife).

Returning by popular demand, this year’s feature-length festive special features the Great Slaughter Amateur Dramatics Society (Gsads) pantomime. This year, it’s Cinderella, and with the appointment of a celebrity director,...

A three hour documentary about iconic comedian Ken Dodd will premiere in June, and here are the details.

There are few comics, before him or since, who were as hardworking as Ken Dodd. Known for the epic length of his performances, he performed shows that began at 7.30, wouldn’t have an interval until 10.30, with gigs regularly finishing in the small hours.

Dodd passed away in 2018 at the age of 90, and left a legacy of laughter in a career that began in the 1940s.

Ken Dodd is now set to be the subject of new documentary The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved. As a tribute to Dodd’s shows, the film is a whopping three hours long.

The film, narrated by the irrepressible Miriam Margoyles, also features tributes from the comedy community, including Lee Mack, Harry Hill, Johnny Vegas, Tim Vine, Les Dennis, Ricky Tomlinson, Stephen K Amos, Shaparak Khorsandi and the late,...

Get to shout out "Rhlstp!!" like a proper cool kid as the multi-award-winning and perennially popular live podcast interview series in which comedian Richard Herring chats with some of the biggest names in comedy and entertainment tours this autumn. Usually recorded in London’s glittering West End, Rhlstp is going on the road. The UK & Ire 2023 / 2024 tour will start in September and includes dates in Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Salford, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff and Dublin, along with multiple dates at the show’s spiritual home in London’s Leicester Square Theatre.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday 30th June with an exclusive fan pre-sale on Thursday 29th June for Rhlstp badgers and plussers. To become a badger/plusser or to view all dates visit, visit richardherring.com

Richard Herring enjoys continual success as both a writer and performer and is widely known an innovator in the world of podcasts,...

Matt Hancock has discussed his dyslexia for the first time since entering theI’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!camp.

Ahead of joining the show, the former health secretary vowed he would use the “incredible platform” to raise awareness of the learning difficulty after facing criticism from politicians and the public.

Two weeks into the reality series on Sunday (20 November), the MP, who was stripped of the Tory whip for appearing on the reality show, finally opened up about his experience of being diagnosed while at university.

Chatting to comedians Babatunde Aleshe and Seann Walsh, Hancock was asked what he had struggled with during life, to which he replied: “I can’t dance, I can’t sing and I can’t read very well, very quickly.”

As the trio reflected on their experiences growing up, Aleshe joked that staying alive at his school in Tottenham was his “biggest...

Les Dennis has questioned when Matt Hancock is going to talk about dyslexia, as he said he would, on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!.

The former health secretary, who had the Tory whip for appearing on the reality show, initially claimed that he would use his platform to raise awareness for the condition.

Appearing on Good Morning Britainon Tuesday (15 November), actor Dennis said that he’d been intrigued to see how Cleaver would react to Hancock arriving in the jungle last week.

“When Matt Hancock went in, I was wondering how Sue would react,” he said.

However, Dennis said that he was unimpressed with how much attention Hancock was getting on the show.

“I’ve got bored with it,” he said. “I don’t want to watch the Matt Hancock show. And where’s the talk of dyslexia?”

Hancock had said that he was going on...

Indie titles ‘Foscadh’, ‘A Banquet’, ‘Great Freedom’ also out.

Universal Pictures’ US indie drama Red Rocket opens in a busy weekend at the UK-Ireland box office, with 12 new films arriving in cinemas but none on wide release as Warner Bros’ The Batman moves into its second week on screens.

Opening in 171 sites, Sean Baker’s Red Rocket is the biggest release of the weekend. It is about a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown where no-one really wants him back. The film premiered in Competition at Cannes 2021, and has since played festivals including Telluride, New York,...

Dennis plays a heavy-drinking mind-reader in this dire comedy that ends with a bang, but only after 95 minutes of ropey dialogue and offensive gags

Les Dennis, the comic and former Family Fortunes presenter, has done solid work in musical theatre and found a late-career phase on television in sending himself up as an ironised national treasure for Ricky Gervais and Reeves and Mortimer. But it’s difficult to find any postmodern justification for this dire indie Britfilm comedy which is directed and scripted like kids’ TV – albeit a very filthy sort of kids’ TV.

Dennis plays Pendrick, who tours provincial theatres with a tragically naff mind-reading act, often in the company of his peppery agent Gerald (Anthony Head), who has to feed him his cues and get him out of trouble when his heavy drinking and foul-mouthed abuse of the paying customers and theatre management get out of hand. But does Pendrick have a secret?...

Stars: Anthony Head, Les Dennis, April Pearson, Nathan Clarke | Written and Directed by Adam Oldroyd

I’m happy to admit I wanted to watch Sideshow based entirely because it starred Anthony Head and Les Dennis. I’m a huge Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan, so I’ll watch pretty much anything with any of that show’s leads and I just thought it was such an odd pairing with Les Dennis that I had to see it. So here we are.

The poster and synopsis for Sideshow seem to lead towards this being promoted as a much more serious affair than it actually is. Which is slightly odd because although there’s a bit of darkness to the humour it would still benefit from people knowing there are plenty of laughs.

We see two criminals break into a (locally) famous psychic’s (Dennis) house looking for something more than just money.

"You can't hold me responsible for what the spirits say." Munro Films has debuted a new official UK trailer for an indie comedy titled Sideshow, from filmmaker Adam Oldroyd. The film follows two criminals who after breaking into the home of a washed-up psychic, get much more than they bargained for, because "The All-Seeing Stupendo" is a genuine master of the dark mystic arts – at least that's what it says on his poster. "It's a hilarious, perfectly-pitched and thoroughly silly way to spend 90 mins." With hilarious performances from British legends Les Dennis and Anthony Head, as well as April Pearson and Nathan Clarke. Oldroyd states: "Sideshow is my modern take on the black humour of the old Ealing comedies. Les was the perfect pick to play ageing psychic Stuart Pendrick, his years of experience as one of the nation's best-loved entertainers was the ideal material to draw from." It looks...

After the runaway success of The Office launched Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s careers, they reteamed for another BBC comedy that was just as much of a cringe-inducing delight, but didn’t receive as much attention. Extras stars Gervais and Ashley Jensen as a pair of struggling actors who scrape by with extra work and butt heads with A-list stars cameoing as themselves.

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From Ian McKellen giving a baffling masterclass in acting and Les Dennis crying in the nude to David Bowie turning Andy Millman’s woes into the song “Little Fat Man,” there are a ton of hysterical moments across Extras’ two-season run.

Both titles picked up from Media Luna New Films.

UK and Ireland distriibutor Munro Film has acquired Adam Oldroyd’s Sideshow and Chris Crow’s The Ballad of Billy McCrae from German sales agent Media Luna New Films.

Both titles are being prepped for release in cinemas in late autumn.

Sideshow is a comedy thriller about two inept criminals who break into the home of a washed-up psychic. It stars Les Dennis, Anthony Head and April Pearson and is produced by Cymru Films, Perfect Sphere and Sterling Pictures.

The Ballad Of Billy McCrae stars David Hayman, Sianad Gregory and Ian Virgo...

The film will have its world premiere at Cairo next week.

US distributor Gravitas Ventures has acquired two UK titles from German-based sales firm Media Luna for release in 2021.

The first is black comedy-thriller Sideshow, starring actor and TV presenter Les Dennis as a washed-up psychic who uses his old tricks when two inept criminals break into his home. Anthony Head, April Pearson and Nathan Clarke round out the cast of writer-director Adam Oldroyd’s feature debut.

The film will have its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival in Egypt on Tuesday (December 8) with Oldroyd in attendance.

Gravitas...

ITV has confirmed that it is dusting off Family Fortunes after the entertainment show was last on British television in 2015.

Deadline first revealed in April that ITV was piloting the format in a lockdown environment with Fremantle label Thames, and now the game show, which is based on America’s Family Feud, will return for a 10-part series.

UK chef Gino D’Acampo will host, presiding over two families competing to win cash prizes by second-guessing the responses to a survey of the British public.

Vernon Kay hosted the UK show’s most recent iteration, All Star Family Fortunes, between 2006 and 2015, while Les Dennis and Bob Monkhouse were among the presenters of previous series.

Filming will take place on the new series later this summer. Family Fortunes was commissioned by Katie Rawcliffe, ITV’s head of entertainment, and entertainment commissioner Joe Mace. Ash Whitehouse is the executive producer.

Exclusive: ITV is reinventing Family Fortunes for the coronavirus age, breathing new life into an entertainment show that was last on British television in 2015.

Deadline can reveal that Fremantle-owned Britain’s Got Talent co-producer Thames is working with ITV to pilot a lockdown version of the much-loved format, which is based on the American game show Family Feud.

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Thames will do away with the shiny-floor studio and instead send cameras into the homes of two families, who will compete to win cash prizes by second-guessing the responses to a survey of the British public.

Observing the UK’s strict social distancing rules, a presenter will be stationed at a third location to preside over the two teams.

Project comes from production outfit Sterling Pictures.

UK entertainer and TV personality Les Dennis is leading the cast of Sideshow, a black comedy from Crowhurst and Heretiks producers Sterling Pictures.

Starring alongside Dennis are Anthony Head (The Inbetweeners Movie), April Pearson (Skins), and Nathan Clarke (Plebs). The story follows two criminals who, after breaking into the home of a washed-up psychic, get more than they bargained for.

Adam Oldroyd is directing and wrote the screenplay, his feature debut. Michael Riley is producing for Sterling Pictures, alongside Perfect Sphere and Cymru Films. The project is privately funded.

Principal photography got underway...

Sport Relief is back and for the first time ever is asking the entire nation to take on a huge collective challenge – beating a billion steps a day, every day, from 17th-23rd March.

A host of famous faces including Zoe Ball, Greg James and Alex Jones will lead the charge and take on their own epic challenges to raise money and inspire the public to make their steps count as part of Team Sport Relief.

Running, dancing, dog walking or Zumba-ing all count towards the step total as the nation comes together to raise money and help vulnerable people, across the UK and the world, to live happier, healthier and safer lives.

To help the nation keep track of their hard earned steps and ensure they count towards the national total, the brand new Sport Relief App will be available to download for free. Packed with innovative challenges, exclusive...

Les Dennis isn't exactly in our day-to-day thoughts, truth be told, but the news yesterday (January 23) that the light entertainment legend would be joining Coronation Street still managed to put a massive smile on our face. Les on the cobbles! Amazing!

To celebrate Les's biggest gig in quite some time, we look back at the celebrity good egg's life and career in order, and come up with eight reasons why we absolutely love him...

He's a talent show king!

Way back before Britain's Got Talent, The X Factor et al, there was New Faces, a notoriously tough competition where a panel of judges - including a youthful Noel Edmonds - marked variety acts on their "star quality", usually without chucking water over each other or trying to get into the papers with a particularly daring dress, as all that palaver is a modern talent show invention.

After doing the rounds...