The Latest Breaking News from Footlights

John Cleese and Miriam Margolyes are still feuding over their student days

Margolyes accused Cleese of being ‘particularly venomous’ towards her during their time at Cambridge University, while Cleese has offered his own side of the story

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Bill Oddie obituary

Comedy star of the 1970s as one of the Goodies whose love of birds led to a second career as a wildlife presenter

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27

‘Magical chaos’: Saturday Night Live UK to launch tonight

‘SNL’ is finally arriving in the UK after 50 years – and the stars aren’t letting the pressure get on top of them

The Independent UK · Mar 21

Kevin McCloud: ‘We thought Grand Designs was going to be watched by one surveyor and his dog’

The TV presenter, 64, on his Footlights days, hatred of selfies, first embarrassing bike and the joys of just lying in his hammock

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2023

Alice Lowe: ‘Cambridge was so many posh boys putting me down – I carried that with me for quite a long time’

The star of ‘Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace’ and ‘Prevenge’ has taken a left turn: dancing to vintage Take That for the jukebox musical ‘Greatest Days’. She talks to Annabel Nugent about murder comedies, cancel culture and the realities of being a female filmmaker today

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

Nicola Walker, star of Unforgotten and The Split, returns to the theatre

The actor only really hit her stride at 40, but has always kept her feet firmly on the ground

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022