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The Latest Breaking News from Les Dennis

Who is Les Dennis? Actor and former Family Fortunes presenter to guest host Countdown

Everything you need to know about Les Dennis

Evening Standard

Former ITV Coronation Street star to host Channel 4's Countdown after Anne Robinson quits

Anne announced she was stepping down from the game show earlier this year

Manchester Evening News

Why did Anne Robinson leave Countdown? As Les Dennis confirmed as new host

Former Corrie actor Les Dennis will be temporarily replacing Anne Robinson as Countdown host this summer – here's why Robinson quit the show after just a year in the role

Daily Mirror

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Anne Robinson's Countdown summer replacement confirmed as TV favourite

Who is the new Countdown host? Les Dennis has announced he'll be taking over the reigns as a guest presenter in August

Wales Online

Anne Robinson's Countdown replacement unveiled as Liverpool TV legend

The former Cororonation Street star will front the Channel 4 programme in August

Liverpool Echo

Anne Robinson's Countdown replacement confirmed as ex-Coronation Street star

Les Dennis, who previously hosted Family Fortunes, will be filling in as temporary host of the Channel 4 game show.

Daily Record

Former Family Fortunes and Corrie star Les Dennis announces temporary post as Countdown host

The TV host will be presenting the long-running game show for a short period in August

Wales Online

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Anne Robinson's Countdown replacement unveiled as ex-Corrie star and TV legend

Colin Murray is temporarily filling in for Anne until the end of the year, but former Corrie star Les Dennis will be taking the reigns during August

Daily Mirror

Clubland by Pete Brown review – a hymn to male bonding over a beer

Brown’s lively and political history of working men’s clubs illustrates their value in British cultural life

The Guardian - UK

Les Dennis bags iconic Only Fools and Horses role

Les said he was thrilled to be part of a show with such a huge impact on comedy

Liverpool Echo

Les Dennis joins cast of Only Fools And Horses: The Musical as Del Boy's Grandad

Former Coronation Street star and game show host Les Dennis, has shared his delight at joining the West End hit musical version of BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses

Daily Mirror

Les Dennis to play Only Fools and Horses’ grandad in stage musical

Character was originally played by Lennard Pearce from 1981 until the actor’s death in 1984

The Independent UK

Les Dennis' disgusting habit leaves Would I Lie To You fans horrified

'Oh God please! No, please no'

Liverpool Echo

Fans share memories as Les Dennis pays tribute to 'lovely friend'

Comedian Dustin Gee would have been celebrating his 80th birthday

Liverpool Echo

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Daily Mirror

Hungover Amanda Holden snuck onto Corrie set with famous actor after being sick

Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden and former co-star Philip Glenister snuck onto the set of Corrie after spending a night drinking - to only face the consequences the following day

Daily Mirror

BGT judge Amanda Holden's 'age-reversing' nickname and what she calls her husband

Amanda Holden vows to also keep her marriage with 'fit' husband Chris Hughes young and fresh after insisting her 'big cheeks' and 'good jawline; are from her family's gene pool

Daily Mirror

Doomed celeb age gap marriages after Helen Skelton left heartbroken over husband split

Former Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton, 38, was left heartbroken when her husband Richie Myler, 31, left the family home months after she gave birth to their third child

Daily Mirror

Amanda Holden's doomed marriage to Les Dennis and wild affair with Neil Morrissey

Amanda Holden described her five-week affair with Neil Morrissey as 'the worst time of my life' as she cheated on her then-husband Les Dennis at the age of 22

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Liverpool Echo

BGT: Amanda Holden's marriage, unexpected career move and near-death experience

Amanda has been in the public eye ever since she first shot to stardom as a contestant on Blind Date in 1991

Nottingham Post

Joe Wicks amazed by Nottingham baker's incredible lifelike cakes

A flying helicopter, guitars you can wear and bottles with you can pour from are some of the incredible creations

Liverpool Echo

Where are the biggest hosts of the 00s now

Some have retired from television completely and found new careers

The Guardian - UK

Sideshow review – Les Dennis’s washed-up psychic can’t see he’s in a terrible movie

Dennis plays a heavy-drinking mind-reader in this dire comedy that ends with a bang, but only after 95 minutes of ropey dialogue and offensive gags

The Independent UK

Whodunnit: Jonathan Pryce and Les Dennis join cast of unrehearsed murder mystery play

Stars will appear in show without having seen script

Wales Online

Where are Coronation Street's biggest stars of the '90s now?

Des, Andy, Raquel, Les - we saw them and more three times a week back then, but where are they now?

WhatToWatch

Celebrity MasterChef winners - who has won the show so far?

Can you name all 15 Celebrity MasterChef winners dating back to the first series in 2006?

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