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UNCOVERED: 8 - The Untold Story

Revealed: Barry Humphries’ final phone chat with King

An ailing Barry Humphries was delighted to receive a call from the King, just days before he died, it has emerged.

The New Daily

Comedy festival mulls Humphries tribute amid backlash

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival says it is looking to pay tribute to Barry Humphries, but stands by the decision to change an award named after him.

AAP

Barry Humphries was hurt after being 'cancelled' by Melbourne comedy festival, Miriam Margolyes says

Entertainer Miriam Margolyes says her longtime friend Barry Humphries was left hurt and saddened when his name was stripped from a key Melbourne International Comedy Festival award in 2019.

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Strictly's Kai Widdrington names 'iconic' star as dream partner after early exit blow last year

Strictly Come Dancing pro Kai Widdrington has named his ideal celebrity partner for the new series of the BBC show

Chronicle Live

Tributes paid to the 'UK’s best-loved cartoonist' and Countdown star

Miriam Margolyes has led the tributes to "very special man" Bill Tidy

Liverpool Echo

Countdown star and Mirror cartoonist Bill Tidy dies aged 89 as his children pay tribute

Miriam Margolyes has led the tributes to "very special man" Bill Tidy, who brought to life the Mirror’s comic strip The Fosdyke Saga for 14 years, following his death on Sunday

Daily Mirror

‘Torture in a tin’: Miriam Margolyes and others urge ban on foie gras imports

Exclusive: Celebrities sign letter to Sunak after reports that proposed restriction on delicacy may be dropped

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RTE Late Late Show viewers all say the same thing about 'hilarious' Miriam Margolyes

Actress Miriam Margoyles, 81, appeared on the show with her new co-star Senator Lynn Ruane

Irish Mirror

Ryan Tubridy left speechless by Miriam Margolyes' proposition on Late Late Show

Ryan Tubridy was left red faced on tonight's show by Miriam Margolyes' saucy offer - while viewers absolutely loved her honesty and were 'crying with laughter'

Dublin Live

TV tonight: what happens to the Love Islanders after the show finishes?

Reality TV obsessive Will Njobvu studies all 259 contestants of the highly criticised – and highly popular – dating series. Plus: Miriam Margoyles finishes her Australian jaunt. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Miriam Margolyes says she was ‘shaking all the way home’ from upset after Jeremy Hunt Radio 4 gaffe

‘I gave myself a lot of stick,’ said actor

The Independent UK

Miriam Margolyes: ‘People have this idea that I’m a walking cesspit. I think it’s quite unfair’

The outspoken doyenne of stage, film and television answers your questions on who’s nice (and who’s not) in Hollywood, the voice she can’t bear and why she likes talking about sex

The Guardian - UK

2022's heroes and zeroes from brave Volodymyr Zelensky to embarrassing Matt Hancock

Columnist Brian Reade takes a wry look back on the year we're all glad to see the back of... with shoutouts to the best man and woman, and a special category just for Liz Truss and her many WTF moments

Daily Mirror

This Morning's Holly Willoughby 'loses it' as show revisits Miriam Margolyes moment

Holly Willoughby was left in hysterics on Friday's This Morning thanks to a clip featuring Miriam Margolyes

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Miriam’s Dickensian Christmas review – Margolyes is as punchy and rich as a boozy pudding

The lifelong Dickens fan is an absolute joy to watch when she’s reading from his work – and at one point you’ll wish she was our queen. But this show needed more fury about poverty

Wales Online

Miriam Margoyles' biggest controversies including her 'run in' with the late Queen and wishing Boris Johnson dead

The actress, who hosts new Channel 4 special Miriam's Dickensian Christmas, has previously come under fire for comments about former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and current Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

The Independent UK

‘I hadn’t quite realised how rude I was being’: Miriam Margolyes says she was ‘shocked’ when Queen told her to ‘be quiet’

‘I was waffling on when she was talking to somebody else,’ said actor

Daily Mirror

Fund launched to persuade FIFA where to host 2030 World Cup with 'donations'

The World Cup is currently being held in Qatar, a country which persecutes the LGBT+ community, and supporters are now moving to prevent a similar nation from hosting the tournament in future

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Miriam Margolyes launches ‘donation’ appeal to get 2030 World Cup held in LGBTQ+ friendly country

The Call The Midwife actress appealed for people to get behind her initiative in a comical video – but all is not as it seems

The Guardian - UK

Robbie Coltrane remembered by Miriam Margolyes

30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022His friend and fellow actor pays tribute to a stupendous talent with a rollicking, expansive, occasionally cruel spirit – and a vulnerable side he never let people see

The Guardian - UK

Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs?

The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topics

Manchester Evening News

ITV This Morning fans 'crying' as Miriam Margoyles makes dating advice blunder

Viewers were left in stitches after the actress imparted her dating advice

Daily Mirror

Phil Schofield corrects Miriam Margolyes as she suggests Grindr to a female caller

Miriam Margolyes appeared on This Morning to answer viewers queries and offer her advice, even in areas that she knew very little about as she suggested a heterosexual woman join Grindr to find love

Liverpool Echo

Miriam Margolyes faces backlash over controversial This Morning comments

The actress joined Holly and Phil as they answered caller's questions

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: oven timers at the ready for the grand finale of The Great British Bake Off

The surviving contestants whip it up for a nail-biting finish to the culinary challenge. Plus, Bear Grylls and Louis Theroux zoom off to a private island. Here’s what to watch this evening

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