March 16, 2021, 12:03 am
Ranvir Singh is among the celebrities set to take part in the BBC’s literary series Between The Covers (Ian West/PA)
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Strictly Come Dancing star Stacey Dooley, Good Morning Britain presenter Ranvir Singh and TV chef Rick Stein are among the celebrities taking part in the BBC’s literary series Between The Covers.
Each episode of the six-part series features famous faces bringing their favourite books to the table while two novels will also be reviewed.
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Tonight s top telly tips include Ant & Dec s Saturday Night Takeaway, The Tommy Tiernan Show, Bill Withers, Billy Connolly and some cracking movies . . .
Pick of the Day
Ant & Dec s Saturday Night Takeaway, 7.30pm, Virgin Media One
Last week’s otherwise excellent opener was blighted by audio problems that will hopefully be resolved by tonight.
This week, the lads are joined by Andi Peters for another helping of
Takeaway, with big surprises, live games and musical performances, and Gordon Ramsay (below) in the Star Guest announcer booth.
The Pandas Bam and Boo make a return to the show after their popular debut in the previous season, and this time they are trying to make their escape from a teddy bear s picnic display in Hamleys.
To paraphrase Her Maj, this year has been an ‘annus horribilis’, to the point where I debated skipping the 2020 awards in the forlorn hope that 2021 will be markedly better than its predecessor. Still, from disaster must come some positivity, and the barrel has been scraped in order to bring to you the annual Brett Ellis column awards for 2020: Car crash interview of the year award: Prince Andrew, who proves that entitlement is no defence for not choosing your friends wisely. The can t do any worse than your predecessor award: Kier Starmer who continues to prove that an absence of charisma is no block to career trajectory.