climate change advisers to the government say england is strikingly unprepared for the unavoidable impacts of global warming. and after sleeping outdoors for three years, the boy in the tent is coming back inside after raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. coming up on the bbc news channel. scotland s stunning win over spain maintains their perfect start to european championship qualifying, but their captain insists it is just a start. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. tributes have been paid to the tv presenter and comedian paul o grady, who has died at the age of 67. his husband said he died unexpectedly but peacefully yesterday evening. paul o grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his drag queen persona lily savage and went on to present several programmes on tv and radio including blankety blank and a sunday show on radio 2 for m years. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. lolly. it s a tribute to
in the 1990s with his drag queen persona lily savage and went on to present several programmes on tv and radio including blankety blank and a sunday show on radio 2 for m years. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. lolly. it s a tribute to his incredible versatility that paul o grady was equally at home as the warm and gentle presenter of shows like for the love of dogs. hiya. hi, paul. how you doing? i m all right. this little one isn t doing so well. and as the acerbic, acid tongued lily savage. so i m stood up and i looked over and ulrika walked in the door wearing the same frock as me. i didn t know she had a littlewoods catalogue. iwas flaming. it was as lily that he first found fame hosting some of television s best known shows. it s thursday at 7:00. it s top of the pops! ladies and gentlemen, miss lily savage.
..with her trademark self deprecating humour. this is the all new blankety blank. brand spanking new. well, you wish, you know. got lino, new lino. and the prizes are better this time round. got a four slice toaster instead of a two. rupaul s drag race winner danny beard says paul was a massive influence for so many. i think anyone that does thisjob and doesn t class paul as an icon, as an inspiration, i don t think they re worth their bread. he was an icon through and through, not just for many queens and for many people from liverpool, for so many working class people. it s a sad, sad day. i m sorry i m not suited and booted, but i thought, you know, with it being the edinburgh festival and with it being comedy with it being fringe, to be quite frank, i haven t even had a wash, you know what i mean? eventually he decided to escape from lily s formidable shadow, performing as himself and hosting a variety of daytime and evening
chat and entertainment shows. please welcome your host, paul o grady. as well as a iii year stint on radio 2. today s tributes have been led by the queen consort, who said she was deeply saddened to hear of the death of paul o grady, who worked with her in support of battersea dogs and cats home, providing lots of laughter and many waggy tailed memories. are you going to let me do yourflea treatment? she appeared alongside him in a special edition of his multi award winning for the love of dogs, a programme that perhaps more than any other beautifully showed the warmth, kindness and empathy that characterised paul o grady. paul o grady who has died at the age of 67. and lizo is here. as you made clear there, he was a great entertainer but also an important figurehead, lizo?