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A new drama - Nolly on ITV - airs on December 27 exploring the lovely friendship between Crossroads star Noele Gordon and Larry Grayson

OTD, December 19th, 1977... He attacked famously Michael Parkinson, he's also had his beak on Stuart White, Des O'Connor, Richard Whiteley and gave Larry Grayson a pecking several times over various programmes, yes its that bane of celebrity bottoms - Emu. On this day in '77 Rod Hull and that brawdy bird, Emu, were outside

It's a Nolly new year as the album, first released in 1975, comes back on sale for the first time in nearly 50 years. Stage Door Records has announced the re-release of the 'Crossroads Wedding Party Album,’ Due on sale in January 2024 it is the first time the album has been released on CD.

TV picks for Saturday, November 18th...

In the late 1980s and throughout the 90s, Michael Barrymore was a universally-loved British TV presenter. His anarchic quiz show Strike It Lucky (Thames TV/ITV) and chaotic self-titled variety show Barrymore (LWT/ITV) gained up to 20 million viewers every week. In the eyes of the public, he could do no wrong. As a warm-up comedian for the

Penelope Wilton plays the isolated royal and Luke Evans is her courtier in a light production that never gains much depth

Les died peacefully on Saturday (7 October) at the age of 90 at his home in Longhope, Gloucestershire, after a short illness.

QUENTIN LETTS: Reds not just under the bed but also in Westminsters corridors, canteens and, for all we know, in the Commons hair salon? MPs did not react calmly.

JON CULSHAW: Thanks to Mike Yarwoods lead, the errant pomposity of politicians is now habitually dismantled, showing the public how they are often rather absurd and ridiculous.

With the London scheme poised to go national, Observer writers make their cases for a few of the many overlooked, snubbed or merely forgotten figures who richly deserve recognition