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Step into the time machine as Channel 5 presents “The 1970s Dinner Party” this Thursday at 9:00 Pm. Hosted by the enchanting Debbie McGee, the show promises a nostalgic trip down memory lane with a 1970s-style dinner party. The era comes to life as TV chef Rustie Lee whips up retro recipes, transporting viewers to a time when flares and disco ruled the scene.

Joining the party are a star-studded guest list, including TV presenter Johnny Ball, pop sensation Cheryl Baker, actor Vicki Michelle, and musician Leee John. Together, they embark on a culinary journey filled with the flavors and flair of the ’70s. From classic dishes to groovy tunes, “The 1970s Dinner Party” offers a delightful blend of entertainment, laughter, and the magic of a bygone era.

Tune in for a night of good food, great company, and a touch of disco fever as Debbie McGee hosts a dinner...

This Thursday at 7:30 Pm on BBC Two, get ready for a festive treat with a special edition of “Richard Osman’s House of Games.” In this holiday-themed episode, celebrity contestants Richie Anderson, Simon Gregson, Jessica Knappett, and Debbie McGee step into the playful world of Richard Osman’s unique quiz show. The stage is set for a night of laughter and competition as the contestants take on a series of rounds handpicked by the charming host and quiz legend, Richard Osman.

As the festivities unfold, viewers can expect a delightful mix of brain-teasing challenges and good-natured banter, creating the perfect blend of entertainment for the holiday season. The competitive spirit is sure to be high, but so is the festive cheer, making this special edition of “Richard Osman’s House of Games” a must-watch for those seeking a lighthearted and engaging evening. Tune in for a dose of laughter and holiday...

Paul Daniels has been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour. The great British entertainer and magician, aged 77, has been given the sad news by doctors that he has terminal cancer of the brain, his family has announced. His wife and stage assistant Debbie McGee has taken to Twitter today (20.02.16) and posted the words ''with sadness'', beside a link to a statement on the home page of Paul's website. The statement reads: ''We can confirm that one of our greatest magicians and entertainers of all times, Paul Daniels, has sadly been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour. ''On behalf of Paul, Debbie and their families, we thank you for...

The BBC’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell isn't a silly, childish, Harry Potter rip-off. So why do people keep saying it is?

As described in a 1974 essay by author Ursula K. Le Guin, Americans are afraid of it, the French haven’t had it for centuries, Germans have a good deal of it, and the English “have it, and love it, and do it better than anyone else”.

That thing? A literary tradition of adult fantasy. Our national bookshelf (with thanks to Ireland, Scotland and Wales for the lend of Swift, Stoker, Lewis, Stevenson and more) is packed with the stuff, from epics to folklore, the Gothic and the satirists to the Romantics, Victorian moralists and Edwardian golden agers, to Tolkien and the twentieth-century conjurers, all the way up to today’s imaginative tale-spinners.

Such an august library should speak for itself. With all that precedence, you’d think the...

Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee in the hot tub with Gary Busey; Helen Flanagan weeping relentlessly in the Diary Room; and David McIntosh parading around in Those short shorts.... the possibilities for this series of Celebrity Big Brother are endless.

So, as we eagerly await for the mystery(ish) celebrity guests to enter the famous house in Elstree, we've decided to reminisce with our favourite ever star contestants below:

1. Jackie Stallone

"Yeah, Jackie," were the only two words uttered from the side of Jackie's heavily siliconed mouth as she entered the house, draped in fur and dripping in jewels. Her entrance soon became one of the most memorable moments from the entire series.

It was part-Jackie's presence, part-Jackie's face that really shocked Brigitte Nielsen back on the show in 2005 when her former mother-in-law entered the house on day five.

Fellow housemates had to refer to Jackie as the Queen Mother,...

Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee are rumoured to be entering the Celebrity Big Brother house next week, and we are more than excited at the prospect.

The 75-year-old magician and his 55-year-old wife and former assistant - who have been married for 26 years - are reportedly in last minute talks with Channel 5 producers to take part in the summer series on August 18.

Let us not forget that the couple are no strangers to reality TV - having previously appeared on ITV's The X Factor: Battle of the Stars, Channel 5's The Farm and Wife Swap on Channel 4.

Daniels also competed on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing in 2010.

They could join fellow rumoured housemates including Helen Flanagan, Gary Busey, Stephanie Pratt and Lauren Goodger.

So, as we anticipate the possibility of Paul and Debbie in the house, we thought we'd celebrate with a selection of classic pictures of the...

BBC One and ITV have attempted to bring magic back to primetime on a number of occasions in recent years, but without fail it's always bombed. Why they haven't got their chequebooks out for Dynamo and snaffled him away from UKTV remains almost as big a mystery as some of the Bradford lad's tricks.

The third series of his Magician Impossible show launched this week and if I could only watch one show again from the last seven days, I'd make it this.

One of the biggest problems with magic tricks is that they are all variations on a similar theme. Dynamo's repertoire is no different and the majority of his skits in this opening episode can probably all be explained with a similar methodology.

But it's his down-to-earth Yorkshire charm and the swanky production that means I don't care if he's basically pulling off the same trick with...

The TV BAFTAs are back this Sunday (May 12) and we're jolly excited. The BAFTAs are the closest that Britain has to its own Emmys, allowing our TV talent to put on their best suits and glad rags and slap each other on the back for a couple of hours.

Graham Norton blends a sharp wit with professionalism as the host, the nominations shortlist pulls off the tricky balance of populist choices with critics' favourites and, most importantly of all, Ant & Dec don't win every single year.

The TV BAFTAs may not always get it right (Towie? Really!), but they take TV seriously and even if they are occasionally a bit stuffy or they get it wrong with a winner, it still gives us a chance to all have a right good row ("So and so was robbed!" "How did that win?!") while sat on our sofas at home.

Who should...

Paul Daniels has posed as a topless David Beckham for a new photoshoot. The magician wore drenched trousers and fake tattoos for the image, which appears in this week's Closer magazine. Daniels, 74, and his wife Debbie McGee have posed as David and Victoria Beckham in the past, famously replicating their 2009 Armani billboard. Asked what he had in common with the La Galaxy footballer, Daniels said: "We've both got lovely wives. Although I'm sure he's very jealous of my manly physique." Of meeting David in 2005, Daniels said: "He was with the kids and his missus, and surrounded by all this security. But he was very charming and very normal "We called our (more)...

Graham Linehan's stage adaptation of The Ladykillers succeeds where the Coen brothers failed: it's actually funny

Graham Linehan's new stage adaptation of the classic 1955 Ealing movie The Ladykillers, directed by Sean Foley, is up and running in London's West End. My colleague Michael Billington has delivered his verdict and I went to see it the other day. The questions this production throws up – apart from "Wasn't that brilliant?" and "When for goodness' sake can I see it again?" – are "How has Mr Linehan bucked the trend of film-to-play adaptations being so cynical and awful?" and "How has he succeeded where the Coen brothers failed?"

Joel and Ethan Coen produced their own remake of The Ladykillers in 2004. The original had a wacky criminal gang, led by Alec Guinness's loopy professor, renting a room in a tumbledown old house in London's King's Cross from a sweet old lady, whom...

This week’s Celebrity Four Weddings features magician Paul Daniels renewing his vows with wife Debbie McGee in a circus-themed day, Big Brother’s Spencer Smith marrying his fiancé Jo Ellison and Shameless actress Tina Malone and glamour girl Lyndsey Dawn MacKenzie also tie the knot – but not with each other! The winning celebrity will donate money to their charity of choice.

Spencer reveals that he has fancied Debbie McGee since he was a teenager, and thinks she is a legend – which seems to be echoed by all the participants who all take a shine to her.

Lyndsey’s Marbella Wag extravaganza is described by Tina as her ‘idea of hell’, and the biggest clashes occur between Spencer and Lyndsey.

Who will take the Celebrity Four Weddings crown?

Find out Tuesday, 9pm Living...

Vanessa Feltz is reportedly planning to re-enter the Big Brother house tonight, despite the fact that she suffered a breakdown when she first appeared on the reality TV show.

The 48 year old TV presenter starred in the first Celebrity Big Brother series in 2001 and being imprisoned for a few weeks led to her suffering a bit of a meltdown and scrawling nonsense on the dining table.

However, it has been reported that Feltz now intends to return for the Ultimate Big Brother contest, which will see former Bb stars competing for the title of ‘Ultimate Housemate.’

A show source told The Sun: “We want the final couple of weeks to be memorable TV and also a celebration of some of the show’s biggest characters.

“You don’t get more memorable than Vanessa Feltz – her on-screen meltdown was TV gold.”

After being evicted in 2001, Vanessa told Channel 4′s Big...

Here's what we're guessing will be the last significant addition to the Fright Night remake cast: Sandra Vergara, sister of Modern Family's Sophie, is joining the cast.She'll be joining Anton Yelchin as the kid who becomes convinced that his next-door neighbour - Colin Farrell - is a vampire. Imogen Poots plays Yelchin's girlfriend, Toni Collette his mother and Christopher Mintz-Plasse his best friend. However, Vergara will mostly be working with David Tennant's faux-vampire expert stage magician and playing his girlfriend. She'll be the Debbie McGee to his Paul Daniels, in other words.Craig Gillespie is directing the whole thing, from a script by Buffy's Marti Noxon, and shooting starts in New Mexico this summer.

London, May 13 – Brit magician Paul Daniels says he’s an “international sex symbol” and has had 300 lovers.

“Feel, feel,” Daniels said at an interview flexing his biceps. “That’s just from push ups, I’ll say no more. In-ter-national Sex Sym-bol.”

“I’ve had 300 lovers, but I didn’t necessarily make love to all of them,” the Mirror quoted 72-year-old as saying.

He explained: “The trick is making women laugh. I laughed all of them into bed…magic.”

Bragging about his sex life with wife Debbie McGee, 51,.

Celebrities may be used to getting the best tables at the hottest dining establishments in town, but this week on Living two of them will discover exactly what it takes to run a restaurant – in their own living room. Celebrity Restaurant in Our Living Room features former Blue member Anthony Costa and presenter Vanessa Feltz participating in the ultimate culinary challenge made famous by the hit Virgin1 show, only with an added twist – both those manning the kitchen and the demanding diners will be well-known faces.

Inspired by underground restaurants, the show pits two celebrity food fanatics against each other as it challenges them to open a restaurant in their own home. But rather than the usual menu of set prices, in these living room bistros diners are empowered to choose the price they will pay, taking into account service, entertainment, restaurant design and, of course, the food. The winning...

Veteran magician Paul Daniels will appear in an Ashes to Ashes special for Sport Relief. According to The Sun, Daniels and his wife Debbie McGee will play suspects in a case about a missing golf trophy. The BBC show's stars Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes and Dean Andrews will interrogate the pair. "Philip and Keeley were only too happy to take part for Sports Relief. The support from the cast and guest stars was overwhelming," (more)...

Paul Daniels has claimed that veteran comic Janette Krankie is currently "the funniest woman on stage". The magician, 71, who is currently touring with Krankie on the 'Best Of British Variety' tour, said that his co-star is an underrated talent. "Janette gets quite a bit of flak, but she's the funniest woman on stage at the moment," he told the Midlands Sunday Mercury. "She's hysterical, which is partly down to her timing and body language. She is so funny and she'll have everyone laughing." Christopher Biggins, Daniels's wife Debbie McGee, (more)...

Paul Daniels has announced that he was recently the victim of a burglary at his home in Berkshire. The magician told readers of his blog that a thief climbed into his house through an upstairs door or window while he was watching television in his living room. The incident occurred on November 23 when Daniels's wife Debbie McGee was out at an awards ceremony. Daniels explained: "What happened is that whilst I was sitting in the lounge, someone climbed up onto the balcony and got in through a window/door (more)...

Paul Daniels was forced to take to the streets of Paisley to promote one of his own shows last week, he has admitted. The magician and his wife Debbie McGee resorted to desperate measures after being informed about poor ticket sales for their appearance in the Scottish town. Despite the pair's promotional efforts, which included handing out flyers to passers-by, only 139 out of 400 seats were sold for the Paisley Town Hall show. "We spent an embarrassing day explaining to shoppers what we were doing there and where we were appearing," Daniels told the Daily Record. "Paisley Town Hall is used (more)...

Debbie McGee has said that 70-year-old Paul Daniels is still like "a rampant bull" in the bedroom. McGee, 50, said that her magician husband has lost none of his youthful energy for sex in recent years and credited their love life for her slim physique. "A good sex life is key [to staying fit]," she told the Sunday Mirror. "Paul is in incredible shape for a 70-year-old and he's got amazing energy. He always has. When I first met him, he slept for four hours a night - if you know what I mean. Even now, he never sleeps for more than six. "He's still the rampant bull he once was. Nothing has changed. We keep each other interested. Every relationship (more)...

Magician Paul Daniels has posted bikini pictures of his wife Debbie McGee online. The TV entertainer put two snaps of McGee, 50, in a light blue swimsuit on his official website to counter claims that his wife was out of shape. Daniels, 70, said that he was angry with the Daily Mail for invading his privacy with photos of the couple on holiday in Barbados. "I really get p***ed off with the way that the [Daily Mail] invade privacy, especially when I am convinced they doctor photos to make their evil comments," he wrote. "I don't believe that was a straightforward photo of (more)...