Jane McDonald, 62, tells us about stepping out of her comfort zone in her new globetrotting series

I could justifiably claim this year to have been a professional actor for 70 years. In 1956, when I was just 13, I was recruited to play the imaginary son of Eleanor Summerfield, the star of a Granada

The singing sensation and travel show presenter embarks on an epic trip… Having sailed the high seas as a cruise ship singer and travelled the world in numerous TV travelogues, Jane McDonald has had p

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For almost 30 years, Paul O’Grady was seldom off the box. As Lily Savage, he’d hosted Blankety Blank, presented C4’s The Big Breakfast, and been a regular face on ITV’s This Morning. And, minus the pl

Don’t have a plan. Don’t be cocky. Doing drugs is dumb. He knows what it’s like to be poor. He’ll know when it’s time to quit – and will. These things and more shape his world view.