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Stephen Fry
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Television: If ever you wanted a reminder that even mildly famous people are nothing like the rest of us, Celebrity Traitors has proved it
Irish actor Ruth Codd ‘murdered’ in Celebrity Traitors after taking aim at Jonathan Ross
She didn’t go quietly either, squaring up to the veteran broadcaster at the second round table
Ben Elton: I was the godfather of political correctness. People said I killed Benny Hill
Ben Elton, the Blackadder and Young Ones writer, on his autobiography, What Have I Done?
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Comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack
Slattery was a regular on comedy shows Whose Line Is It Anyway? Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You
Ludwig review: David Mitchell is perfect as nerdy sleuth in comic thriller stuffed with laughs
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Jon Holmes Says the C-Word: Stephen Fry and Eric Idle talk frankly about the indignity – and humour – of cancer
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Unthinkable: No of course it doesn't, but it does try to address life’s ultimate questions
Paul McCartney on loving John Lennon, the Beatles break-up and his Irish family
It’s a big misconception ‘that I broke The Beatles up … Once a headline is out it sticks’
Donald Clarke: The enduring appeal of the greatest TV show ever made
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Joanna Scanlan: ‘I felt like an embarrassed child running behind the elite pack’
Actor talks about Footlights, teaching, sage advice from doctor and new film After Love
When Anthony Clare met ‘calculating, disturbing’ Jimmy Savile
Late psychiatrist felt a deep sense of foreboding when interviewing sexual predator
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