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Lionel Blair, the UK TV star whose career spanned eight decades, has died aged 92, his agent has said.

Blair died peacefully early yesterday morning. No cause of death has been revealed.

Tributes have poured in from the likes of UK stars Stephen Graham and Eddie Marsan for the entertainer, who made his name as team captain on ITV gameshow Give Us A Clue and in later years appeared in Ricky Gervais’ Extras.

“Rip you absolute showbiz god,” said Christmas Carol star Graham on Twitter.

Born in Canada in 1928, Henry Lionel Ogus moved to the UK as a young boy and started acting when he was just 14, immediately becoming a standout dancer.

He took part in a comedic dance-off against Sammy Davis Jr at the Royal Variety Performance in 1961 and played the role of a choreographer in Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night.

Blair became a household UK name in the...

What made Ben Affleck feel sad, and why did people get naked on national television? Test your knowledge of this year’s film and TV with these questions

In a year heavy on sequels and remakes, which one stands as the UK’s top grosser of 2016?

Captain America: Civil War

Bridget Jones’s Baby

Finding Dory

The Jungle Book

A social media war over which film led to Twitter’s permanent suspension of alt-right poster boy Milo Yiannopoulos for racist trolling?

Suicide Squad

Central Intelligence

Moana

Ghostbusters

Dubbed “Sad Affleck” on the internet, a reaction shot from a Ben Affleck interview went viral in 2016. What had the interviewer been asking about at the time?

The reviews of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Reviews of The Accountant

His future as Batman in the DC Comics “extended universe”

His brother Casey’s Oscar buzz for Manchester By the Sea

Which film...

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From The Running Man and Trainspotting, through to Rainbow: the fictional game shows that make you run for the comforts of Bullseye.

Everyone loves a good game show. Where else can you watch Steve from Redditch win a canteen of cutlery just for knowing the capital of Tobago?

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Game shows are a light hearted staple of our TV schedules. We can rely on them to be entertaining without demanding too much in return (apart from Only Connect). They are the TV equivalent of a warm bath or a nice pair of slippers. And what's more, the whole family can enjoy them. 92 year old grandma visiting? Best leave Game Of Thrones and opt for some Bullseye instead. Kids up late? Stick on some Family Fortunes...

Emma Willis and Rylan Clark have revealed their favourite Celebrity Big Brother moments from previous series.

In the lead-up to this summer's series, which will see UK housemates pitted against American counterparts, the presenters were candid about their personal highlights from the most recent celebrity run.

Who could be going into the Celebrity Big Brother house? All the rumours

"I think the stand-out moment has got to be [Perez] Hilton versus [Katie] Hopkins," said Emma. "It was hugely entertaining and controversial but, at the end, I just needed it to be over!"

"My stand-out moment was when Perez was in his secret room watching the house," Rylan added. "He was just standing there in his pants and a vest, eating a banana and just chucking it at the wall."

Emma suggested that helping 2014 summer series winner Gary Busey up the stairs on launch night was her favourite overall moment.

"There are many...

2014 is almost over - we've had Christmas and everything - but what kind of year has it been? Well, if you're talking about reality TV, it's been pretty bloody spectacular. From scandals involving paper skeletons and baked Alaskas to shock winners and surprise losers, 2014 had a bit of everything. It's time for a little trip down memory lane, so strap in and join us as we revisit the best reality TV moments from the past 12 months...

January

Jim Davidson wins Celebrity Big Brother - and Lee Ryan loses it

This year's Celebrity Big Brother prompted a lot of soul searching as Jim Davidson ended up taking the crown - after striking up a bromance with Dappy. But it wasn't actually this winning moment that made January's CBB so captivating - instead, it was Lee Ryan's inability to keep it in his pants (and Casey Batchelor's mum shrieking: "He's mugging you off,...

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,...

Twice a year we get all excited over the rumoured names linked to Celebrity Big Brother, only to often have our hopes cruelly dashed upon discovering it was plain lies or said star refused the offer.

James Arthur has just revealed that although he's a fan of the Channel 5 show, he turned down a spot on the upcoming series. Which would have made compulsive viewing.

So here are 10 other celebrities who rejected the chance to enter the famous Big Brother house in Boreham Wood:

1 & 2. Christopher Biggins & Joan Collins

Christopher Biggins revealed that he turned down an offer to star in CBB along with Joan Collins - it would have been like Julian Clary and Julie Goodyear all over again, with double the glamour and bitchiness.

Biggins, who won I'm a Celebrity in 2007, claims that he was offered £300,000 to take part on the condition that he enter the house with friend Joan Collins,...

Cinema Retro has received the following press release:

The year is 1964 and Beatlemania is in full swing. The biggest band on the planet are about to make their big screen debut. The film is A Hard Day’s Night, a seminal piece of filmmaking that shows The Beatles as they’ve never been seen before.

To celebrate its 50th Anniversary the film will be presented in a new 4k digital restoration approved by director Richard Lester, with three audio options - a monoaural soundtrack in addition to newly created stereo and 5.1 surround mixes supervised by sound producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios. The film will be in cinemas, on-demand and available to download from 4 July, followed by a special edition Blu-ray and two-disc DVD release on 21 July 2014, courtesy of Second Sight Films.

A Hard Day’s Night will have an Extended Run at BFI Southbank...

From Power Trip Pauline (yay!) to everyone else (hmmm) we saw ten housemates enter the Big Brother house on yesterday's launch night part one.

Join us from 9pm as we continue our live blog of the Big Brother 2014 kick-off, with six extra people rounding out the numbers.

23:30Steven in his shades was holding court in the garden earlier today and talking all sorts of filth. These are the sorts of snippets where we finally find out a little about what these guys are really like. Let's hope we can dig a little deeper over the next few weeks. Enjoy the ride, and we'll see you - and finalist Helen (extra twists notwithstanding) - in August.

23:26More footage of Matthew in his box from earlier this morning. He was properly losing it, it seems. Oh, for the days of a round-the-clock live feed! While Steven spends oodles of money on fireworks,...

If there's ever a type of TV show to make an executive rub his pudgy hands together in evil laughing glee, then it's the dating programme. Attempting to successfully matchmake on TV is like trying to teach a hamster to juggle. That's where the 'fun' lies, I guess – seeing mismatched couples navigate their way through glacial silences, ill-advised attempts at flirting and the usual nonsense about how the other half isn't attractive/tall/loud enough (delete as applicable). From the staged replies and convenient post-date antagonism of Blind Date through to the three course culinary disasters of Dinner Date through to the cackling fake tan and hair extension mob of Take Me Out, dating shows just will not take no for an answer.

The main backdrop for Lonely Hearts inevitably turns out to be a flashy, gaudy tin can of a nightclub called D'Oblique. Here, furtive looks are exchanged, sorrows...

Across the land, minor celebrities are downing vitamin pills and drinking lots of milk. With shards of famous bones scattered across the Alps after the carnage of The Jump, Gemma Collins's bruised breasts implanted in our memory forever after Splash!, and Davina gingerly putting herself back together after her heroic trek for Sport Relief, everyone needs to make sure they're in tip-top condition before their agents call nervously about the next celebrity reality show.

But with these shows getting more and more dangerous - we're talking broken bones now - what on Earth will Sinitta and Mark Wright be putting themselves through next? Digital Spy has looked into its crystal ball to find out...

Celebrity Lion Taming

Hosted by Wagner off of The X Factor - who, as we all know, has no fear when it comes to lions - Celebrity Lion Taming would see Leo Sayer, Lionel Blair,...

As we brace ourselves for the Celebrity Big Brother final - we're just starting to warm to Jim and we're already missing Lee saying "I'm no player" on repeat - we bring you some of our favourite quotes from arguably the best series so far.

1. We enjoyed Dappy's unnecessary Gcse rant, during which his grades seemed to go up each time he attempted to recite his results. "I got a B in Music, an A in English... I got an A in music... an A* in English..."

The real piece de resistance was when Dappy declared that he'd definitely beat Luisa in an Iq test. Or come a bit below.

Or an awful lot?

2. When Luisa was handcuffed to Evander and the pair were suffering many an awkward silence, she eventually turned and asked the former heavyweight boxer: "Do you not say a lot or do you just not like me?...

Celebrity Big Brother evictee Jasmine Waltz has branded Casey Batchelor "pathetic" in a new interview.

Jasmine - who sensationally returned to the house over the weekend to confront Casey and Lee Ryan about their love triangle - told Nuts that she has changed her opinion of Casey.

"I liked her at first, but now I see that she manipulated a lot of people in the house into feeling sorry for her," she said. "Having watched it back, I've seen Lee tell Casey five or six times that he didn't like her in a serious way and that he was into me. I think she's a little pathetic."

Jasmine added that she would like to see Lee now that he has been evicted, describing him as "sweet" but insisting that they did nothing more than "kissing" in the house.

"It was really nice that he showed his feelings," she said. "A...

Jim Davidson, Ollie Locke, Luisa Zissman, Linda Nolan and Lee Ryan are up for eviction from Celebrity Big Brother this week.

The housemates all had to stand up and give face-to-face nominations earlier, after Liz Jones became the latest star to be evicted on Wednesday night (January 22).

Watch the housemates give their nominations below:

Luisa was dismissed from voting after trying to change her nominations at the last minute. However, she later told housemates that she only tried to alter her choices as she knew Big Brother would disallow her.

The five housemates nominated will face eviction this Friday (January 24).

Controversial journalist Liz was the fourth person to leave after dancer Lionel Blair, model Jasmine Waltz and boxing legend Evander Holyfield.

Liz Jones has become the latest Celebrity Big Brother housemate to be evicted.

The controversial journalist is the fourth person to leave after dancer Lionel Blair, model Jasmine Waltz and boxing legend Evander Holyfield.

Speaking to Emma Willis after her exit, Liz said: "I'm so relieved. I have post-traumatic shock."

Of why her experience was negative, she added: "They all eat so much. It was so dirty and I felt very much an outsider, but I think they started to warm to me towards the end... slightly."

Asked about her job as a journalist who writes about celebrities, Liz explained: "There's a lot more depth than you would think from seeing them on television. They're also really nice people.

"They were quite wary at first, but then they realised they could have entire conversations which I couldn't hear."

Liz added that Lee and Casey are "still attracted to each other...

Lionel Blair's friendship with Dappy was his favourite thing about 'Celebrity Big Brother'. The 82-year-old entertainer - who was evicted from the famous house on Friday (17.01.14) - knows he wouldn't have encountered anyone quite like the N-Dubz star in the real world and he thinks his new pal is ''wonderful''. He said: ''The wonderful thing was I met Dappy ... now when would I meet a Dappy? He calls me 'Lord Lionel Blair' and and I call him 'The Duke of St Albans'!'' Lionel bonded with many of his young housemates and is looking forward to a night out with 'The Only...

Lionel Blair has spoken about his relationships with the younger Celebrity Big Brother housemates.

Appearing on ITV's Daybreak today (January 20), the 82-year-old entertainer revealed that he asked Towie star Sam Faiers if he can go clubbing with her in Essex.

Blair explained: "I said to Sam, 'When you go out, can I come down and come out with you?' So I'm now out with them."

He went on to say that he was shocked by some of the things he has read about the house love triangle involving Lee Ryan, Casey Batchelor and Jasmine Waltz - and thinks the drama will "go on and on".

"Lee is a young man [who thinks], 'There's a lovely girl, ooh there's another lovely girl'," he commented. "I read things this morning that I can't believe happened. If I was there, it wouldn't have happened."

Blair added that he is backing Ollie Locke to win the show.

Lionel Blair has no regrets over his x-rated behaviour on 'Celebrity Big Brother' The 82-year-old veteran dancer was kicked off the reality show on Friday (17.01.14) but he said he hopes his risque attitude encourages the elderly to follow his example. Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday, he explained: ''It's about time people realised pensioners can be rude too. And we swear. ''People my age should just enjoy themselves. Getting older happens to everybody but you don't have to act older.'' Lionel's appearance in the house resulted in some x-rated and foul-mouthed moment, including one racy challenge which saw him mimicking sex acts and...

Lionel Blair has revealed his reasons for nominating Jim Davidson for eviction in Celebrity Big Brother.

Speaking to Digital Spy and other reporters after becoming the third housemate to be evicted, Blair said that Jim wanted to go home, so "why make him suffer?"

"I thought it was making him unhappy, and he kept saying, 'Oh I miss my wife', and with all the rain, he was very worried about the floods. He kept saying, 'I want to get out of here, I want to get out of here'.

"When somebody says that, you go, 'Poor man, why make him suffer?' That's the only reason I nominated him. But I know he's not my biggest fan."

Asked to elaborate, the 82-year-old entertainer explained that he and Jim had a disagreement after working together on a panto some years back.

"Because I did his first pantomime, which was an enormous success at the Palladium,...

Celebrity Big Brother's Dappy is still unhappy after the results of his Iq Test on Thursday (January 16).

The N-Dubz star scored 6% in Big Brother's Iq Test, while The Apprentice's Luisa Zissman managed 69%.

Dappy made it clear that he did not want the results of the test airing on television, and later threatened to leave the house.

Speaking to Big Brother, he said: "Right now I don't feel like I'm in the game. Right now I don't feel like I am in the house. I feel isolated because I can't be myself.

"You know me, I'm not an aggressive person. I'm not Einstein, I'm smart in other things. If it is going to be aired then I have all my clothes ready. I just need to go."

Lionel Blair became the third celebrity to leave the Big Brother house during last night's eviction show.

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight...

Lionel Blair has admitted Celebrity Big Brother was "much worse" than its portrayal in Ricky Gervais's Extras.

The 82-year-old entertainer became a fan of the show after appearing in the 2007 Extras Christmas Special, where Andy has a meltdown in the Big Brother house.

However, Lionel said that while Gervais's portrayal of the house was "funny", the reality was "much worse".

He said: "It was much worse than [Extras]! Oh no. That was funny. Ricky was lovely in there and he did this speech about Big Brother and everything. But Big Brother wasn't really like that."

Lionel said that although some viewers may have though he was a "bit boring" as he follows orders, he does have a short temper that came to the fore in his confrontation with Luisa Zissman and Jasmine Waltz.

He said: "When I go, I go. And when I lose my temper because of somebody and it affects the entire house,...

Celebrity Big Brother evictee Lionel Blair believes that Casey Batchelor and Jasmine Waltz were both playing a game with Lee Ryan.

Speaking to Digital Spy and other reporters after becoming the third housemate to be evicted, Blair said he had "an enlightening experience" spending time in the house, but suggested that certain people had "other agendas".

Referring to the love triangle between Casey, Lee and Jasmine, Blair said: "Other people in the house had other agendas, as you may have noticed! Which we sometimes got caught up in, which we didn't want to."

The 82-year-old said he initially "didn't know what to make" of the love triangle, but admitted he felt both women were playing a game in the situation.

Asked who he thought was playing the biggest game out of the three, Blair replied: "Erm, I think both the girls.

"I don't think Lee was - I think Lee is a young man,...

Silent Witness was last night's (January 17) highest-rated show outside of soaps.

The BBC One crime drama continues to dominate Friday night ratings, this week drawing an average of 5.73m (24.1%) viewers - an additional 230k on last week's figures.

By comparison, ITV pulled an average of 2.86m viewers (12.1%) in the 9pm slot (+1: 275.5k) for Piers Morgan's Life Stories featuring Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey.

BBC One maintained control over the evening, with The One Show drawing 4.38m (21.8%) at 7pm, followed by Celebrity Mastermind with 3.12m (14.9%).

Sitcom Miranda grew the channel's audience to 3.73m at 8.30pm. The Graham Norton Show, featuring Girls star Lena Dunham, actress Olivia Colman, Idris Elba and Keane, attracted 3.63m (25.3%) at 10.45pm.

The Martin Lewis Money Show provided ITV's best non-soap ratings at 8pm, with an audience of 3.05m (13.7%). An additional 154.4k tuned in on +1.

On BBC Two, Mastermind took a 9.3% audience share, with 2.08m tuning in.

Lionel Blair's friendship with Dappy was his favourite thing about 'Celebrity Big Brother'. The 82-year-old entertainer - who was evicted from the famous house on Friday (17.01.14) - knows he wouldn't have encountered anyone quite like the N-Dubz star in the real world and he thinks his new pal is ''wonderful''. He said: ''The wonderful thing was I met Dappy ... now when would I meet a Dappy? He calls me 'Lord Lionel Blair' and and I call him 'The Duke of St Albans'!'' Lionel bonded with many of his young housemates and is looking forward to a night out with 'The Only...

Lionel Blair has become the third housemate to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother.

The 82-year-old follows Jasmine Waltz and Evander Holyfield in being voted out by the public.

On exiting the house, the veteran entertainer performed a magic trick for the waiting crowd, flourishing a handkerchief and producing a cane out of thin air.

When asked by Emma Willis if he was sad to be leaving the house, Lionel replied: "A bit sad, but I've missed my family so much I can't tell you."

"It's exactly as I expected," he said of the experience, "I loved it so much, but what I found most difficult was going into the Diary Room and talking about my friends and who to evict.

"That was terrible."

When asked about his antics in the 18 Certificate task, Lionel admitted that he had no problem taking part.

"I said to the producers: 'Please don't treat me as an old man',...

Lionel Blair has no regrets over his x-rated behaviour on 'Celebrity Big Brother' The 82-year-old veteran dancer was kicked off the reality show on Friday (17.01.14) but he said he hopes his risque attitude encourages the elderly to follow his example. Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday, he explained: ''It's about time people realised pensioners can be rude too. And we swear. ''People my age should just enjoy themselves. Getting older happens to everybody but you don't have to act older.'' Lionel's appearance in the house resulted in some x-rated and foul-mouthed moment, including one racy challenge which saw him mimicking sex acts and...

We know it was Luisa Zissman and Lionel Blair who were sent to the Most Annoying Room in the World on Celebrity Big Brother last night (January 14), but are Lee Ryan and Jasmine Waltz really the most irritating housemates?

On last night's show, the celebrity contestants were treated to the loved-up pair's astonishing dry humping display in the middle of the sitting room floor.

This had been followed by some serious slurping under the covers from the crack of dawn and onwards.

Let's take a look at more photographic evidence which could indicate that Lee and Jasmine are the most irritating housemates on Celebrity Big Brother so far (warning: not for the faint-hearted or the weak-stomached):

Kisses for breakfast (and enough to make everyone else lose theirs)

The sound effects of their snogging must have been enough to set off Luisa Zissman's weak gag reflex, and ours.

The...

Jim Davidson got his own back on Lionel Blair and Luisa Zissman by sending them to the ''most annoying room in the world'' on 'Celebrity Big Brother'. The 60-year-old comedian was disappointed when the 82-year-old star nominated him for eviction earlier this week and has grown increasingly frustrated with former 'Apprentice' star Luisa for keeping him awake at night - but he took his opportunity to get revenge on the pair in a new democracy task last night (14.01.14). As part of the group's latest attempt to win a luxury shopping budget the housemates were asked to vote on...

Celebrity Big Brother housemates Luisa Zissman and Lionel Blair have had an explosive argument.

The row, in which Lionel called Luisa a "bitch", erupted after he discovered that she had broken a house rule by using mascara.

The pair then started fighting over whether Lionel had told the Apprentice star to go and get some chocolates that were later eaten.

"You told me to get the chocolates," she said. "I just went to get the champagne. So don't act all innocent and bitch about it."

He retorted: "You are being loudmouthed and think you can do what you like. But you can't."

The argument then escalated, with Dappy attempting to intervene and Luisa shouting: "Everyone will see it back. You said to me, 'Get the chocolates, get the chocolates'."

Lionel then repeatedly said: "Am I your boss? Am I your boss now?" before adding: "You are just a selfish bitch!

Celebrity Big Brother housemates Lionel Blair and Luisa Zissman were driven slowly mad last night after being sent to the Most Annoying Room in the World.

For this week's Democracy shopping task, the celebrities are being asked to vote anonymously on various dilemmas - unaware that Jim Davidson is the only one whose vote counts.

Last night, Lionel and Luisa were chosen as the most annoying housemates and were told that they would have to spend the night in the Most Annoying Room in the World to get a taste of their own medicine.

The duo were initially pleased with their new home, with Luisa describing it as "amazing" and "cool", and Lionel repeatedly saying: "I love it."

The pair also enjoyed the discovery that their pillows made squeaky noises and began dissolving into slightly hysterical giggles.

However, the novelty soon wore off as many of the various alarm clocks...

The Celebrity Big Brother house was thrown into turmoil this afternoon when a suspicious brown stain was found on one of the towels.

An unsuspecting Lee Ryan was first to lay his hands on the garment after having a shower, but quickly discovered the foul-smelling smear.

"There's a towel and it has poo all over it," Jasmine told the housemates in the garden.

"Poo?" Sam Faiers replied. "Poo?"

"He's just used it to clean himself in the shower," Jasmine said. "He smelled it! Yeah!"

Dappy was horrified and said that the offender needs to own up, while Sam puzzled: "Who would wipe their bum with a towel? That's not poo, that's mud."

Jasmine later brought the towel out for the housemates to investigate, with Dappy giving it a good sniff and confirming: "That's poo."

As the housemates wondered who could be responsible, Dappy decided to give it another smell and...

Love triangles, hot tub motor-boating and Lee Ryan blubbing - we thought we'd seen it all on this year's Celebrity Big Brother.

That was until we witnessed Lionel Blair dressed in latex while shouting "suck my d**k" during a task on last night's show (January 12).

The housemates selected for the 18 Certificate task - which included Luisa Zissman, Jasmine Waltz, Sam Faiers and Ollie Locke - were sent to a room where they had to provide content appropriate for the adult certificate.

They were supplied with alcohol, a bed, S&M gear and a dancing pole, which they happily took full advantage of.

Lee suggestively licked the pole while wearing a pair of the skimpiest Pvc pants on earth, as onlooker Jasmine cheered: "I love your boner."

Jasmine next took her go on the pole, during which Lionel shoved dollar bills down her Pvc skirt. She then suffered an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction,...

Jim Davidson is annoyed with Lionel Blair for nominating him on 'Celebrity Big Brother'. The 60-year-old star received seven nods from his fellow housemates during face-to-face nominations resulting in him being up for eviction from the house alongside Liz Jones, Luisa Zissman and Jasmine Waltz - but his friend Lionel's nomination was the only one which bothered him. He told Casey Batchelor: ''One nomination f**ked me off, just one, that was Lionel. I knew, I could've picked. He would have nominated me from the moment he walked down those stairs [on launch night]. ''I knew him for 38 years and as he said,...

Celebrity Big Brother housemate Luisa Zissman hit out at Jim Davidson after the face to face nominations last night.

Jim chose to put Luisa up for eviction during the process but the Apprentice star later told some of the other celebrities that she was unhappy about his choice of words as he did so.

"I've been thinking about getting the tinfoil and making a little Oscar out of it for Jim, for his speech about me on the sofa," she said. "Fantastic. I think it deserves an Oscar."

Luisa received instant support from fellow housemate Linda Nolan, who said: "We were just saying how completely out of order it was. Well, I put my arm around you immediately, because I thought, 'You absolute child'."

Luisa explained that she took exception to Jim complaining that she talks about herself all the time, pointing out that every housemate discusses their lives outside.

Celebrity Big Brother housemate Jim Davidson has admitted that he was annoyed that Lionel Blair chose to nominate him.

Speaking about the fall-out from last night's face-to-face nominations with Liz Jones and Casey Batchelor, Jim admitted that only one of the nominations "pissed me off".

"Just one, and that was Lionel," he said. "And I knew. I could have picked that Lionel nominated me, the moment he walked down those stairs.

"I've known him - as he says - 38 years, and as he says himself, he made me a star. You'd better ask him about that. My recollection is slightly different to his."

As Liz suggested that Lionel nominated Jim because he knew he wouldn't get upset about it, Jim agreed it was a possibility and went on to praise his housemate - with some backhanded compliments slipped in.

"Lionel and I are mates," he said. "We get on alright.

Celebrity Big Brother's Liz Jones, Jim Davidson, Jasmine Waltz and Luisa Zissman are all up for eviction.

The housemates took part in face-to-face nominations on Sunday (January 12), with Liz being nominated by every member of the house aside from Linda Nolan and Lionel Blair.

Jim received seven nominations in all, including one from his close friend Lionel.

Luisa was given a nomination by Dappy, with whom she clashed over the weekend after accusing him of making sexist comments.

"Even though I love you, we all have to learn to agree to disagree," Dappy told Luisa as he nominated her.

Linda nominated Jim, who she has called "confrontational" due to their relationship growing more tense in recent days.

"It's no surprise to anyone that my first nomination is for Jim," Linda told her housemates.

She went on to nominate Dappy as well.

Celebrity Big Brother continues on Monday on Channel...

Celebrity Big Brother star Lee Ryan has revealed that he wants to "get married and settle down".

The Blue singer - who has been at the centre of a controversial love triangle during his first week on the Channel 5 series - told Lionel Blair that he would like an "extravagant" wedding.

Lee said: "I'd love to get married and settle down and meet someone. It's not as easy as that, I won't settle just because I got to."

"I said I wouldn't get married until I could afford it. When we got married I could afford it," Lionel replied.

Lee said: "I'm very extravagant, I would want it to be the most wonderful marriage in the world. It doesn't mean about spending lots of money, it's the thoughtfulness."

Lionel added that his marriage "was the making" of him.

"You're making me want to get married," Lee told him.

Lee and...

Celebrity Big Brother housemates will enter the world of Live Action Role Play for their latest task.

The celebrities will split into two armies - the Knights and the Ninnyhammers - for today's (January 12) series of challenges, with the winning team being awarded the right to nominate.

Head of the Knights Lionel Blair has recruited Casey Batchelor, Ollie Locke, Luisa Zissman, Linda Nolan and Liz Jones to fight for his team, while Dappy - leader of the Ninnyhammers - has chosen Lee Ryan, Jim Davidson, Sam Faiers and Jasmine Waltz to join his army.

The first challenge requires one warrior from each team to take on the Beast of Big Brother.

The courageous housemates will be equipped with a belt of sausages and come face to face with a mythical beast - which is revealed to be a dog dressed up as a lion. The first warrior to be stripped...

Ollie Locke is the early favourite to win Celebrity Big Brother with Digital Spy readers.

The former Made in Chelsea star topped the first DS poll of the series with 20.18%, placing ahead of Towie's Sam Faiers and Blue star Lee Ryan.

Sam finished second with 12.46% and Lee received 11.97% of votes in third place.

Dappy received 9.44% of votes and Lionel Blair took 9.38%, to finish in fourth and fifth respectively.

The Apprentice's Luisa Zissman came sixth with 8.26%, followed by Jasmine Waltz with 5.96% and Jim Davidson with 5.28%. Evander Holyfield finished ninth with 5.12%.

Linda Nolan, Casey Batchelor and journalist Liz Jones are currently the least favourite housemates with Digital Spy readers.

Linda received 5.07% of reader votes, while Casey and Liz followed with 4.61% and 2.27% respectively.

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight (January 9) at 9pm on Channel 5.

Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy's Screen Time:...

Not since Denise Welch pulled down a Playboy bunny's pair of pyjama bottoms have we seen such outrageous behaviour from a Celebrity Big Brother contestant - until Jasmine Waltz entered the house.

Just six days in and the racy 31-year-old Las Vegas model has repeatedly flashed her breasts, been motor-boated in the hot tub (courtesy of Dappy), snogged Luisa Zissman and Lee Ryan, and introduced the expression "fingerbanging" to Lionel Blair's lexicon. And most of that took place on the first night.

So, let's brace ourselves and take a look at Jasmine Waltz's truly unruly behaviour in the house so far:

We hope her mum's not watching (somehow Sam's not)

The celebrities had only been in the house for what seemed like five minutes - which was more than enough time for Jasmine to chug down champagne and Sam Faiers's vodka and lemonade before toppling over...

Katie Hopkins has blasted the contestants on Celebrity Big Brother, claiming that she thinks Linda Nolan "probably smells of wee".

During an appearance on Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side to be aired tonight (January 7) on Channel 5, Hopkins slates every housemate apart from controversial comic Jim Davidson.

In the episode, Hopkins says of Linda: "Boring old woman! Probably smells of wee. She is revolting. Her knockers are somewhere near her ankles."

Meanwhile, Blue's Lee Ryan is labelled "out of shape, not beautiful" and "unfit and greasy", while Dappy is supposedly "'just revolting". Hopkins adds of the N-Dubz singer: "I'm not one for short people, ginger people or fat people."

The Daily Mail's Liz Jones has "a very flat face" and "looks like she's walked into patio doors" according to Hopkins, who is joined by The Xtra Factor's Matt Richardson and 5ive star and former housemate Abz Love on the show.

It's only day five in the Celebrity Big Brother house, and already the over-zealous contestants can't stop kissing each other (or inanimate objects) on the Channel 5 reality TV show.

Dappy couldn't believe his luck last night (January 6) after he somehow managed to co-ordinate some hot tub loving between Luisa Zussman and Jasmine Waltz.

The former N-Dubz singer eagerly snogged an unsuspecting rubber duck in the Jacuzzi during a game of truth or dare, while the Apprentice runner-up and Us model watched.

He then informed the girls that it was their time to emulate his chemistry with the plastic mallard and share a kiss for him to kindly critique.

Take a look at this year's Celebrity Big Brother stars and their non-stop kissing in the house (and bath) below:

Rubber necking

Dappy almost swallows the poor rubber duck during his in-depth kissing demonstration for lucky Luisa Zissman and Jasmine Waltz -...

Well, you certainly couldn't have comfortably watched last night's edition of Celebrity Big Brother with your mother. The stars might only have been locked up in the Borehamwood bungalow for a matter of days, but already things are getting pretty heated in there - and not just because of a failure with the air con.

We barely knew where to look. The bathtub game of truth or dare was truly bizarre, with Dappy acting like a leering teenage boy sent to dream world, where suddenly he can direct two women in exactly how he wants them to kiss. We really, really, really could have done without seeing him repeatedly rearrange his swimming trunks.

But it wasn't only Luisa and Jasmine locking lips that we were privy to; from Dappy's duck tonguing to nipple-sucking to a truly hideous take on motorboating, never has a bathtub needed quite such a good scrub down.

Reigning Celebrity Big Brother champion and Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby is not known for beating around the bush when it comes to voicing her opinion, so who better to pass judgement on the new crop of famous housemates vying for her title?

What does she think of Evander Holyfield's homophobia storm? Does she reckon her antics would mortify Lionel Blair? And what tips would she give Jasmine Waltz for staying classy while mortal? Read on to find out...

Charlotte on Luisa Zissman and Evander Holyfield...

"Do you know what, I wasn't that keen on Luisa when she first went in the house, but now I think she's being quite funny with Evander. They're a good pair. They've brought something to the house because they're completely different, so it's entertaining watching them together.

"But Evander has some bad opinions about gay people, really, really bad. It's gonna be hard...

Two more Celebrity Big Brother housemates have been granted immunity from the public vote following the most recent task.

The Tangled challenge was the final chance for the stars to free themselves from their handcuffs and receive immunity from eviction.

Each pair had to pass their key along a knotted rope to unlock their rope and then unlock their handcuffs.

Ollie Locke and Lionel Blair were the first to finish and therefore won immunity.

They managed to pass the key over the ropes and unlock their handcuffs in 2.53 minutes.

They join Jim Davidson and Linda Nolan, who won yesterday's (January 4) challenge, and Sam Faiers and and Jasmine Waltz, who came second.

Lee Ryan and Casey Batchelor were second in the Tangled task, followed by Evander Holyfield and Luisa Zissman.

The two pairs will now face the public vote along with Dappy and Liz Jones.

ITV's Splash!, the celebrity diving show that recovered from ridicule and a few flop performances early on to become the sleeper hit of 2013, is back!

Tonight five stars, including Towie's Gemma Collins and Hollyoaks favourite Gemma Merna, will cast aside their dressing gowns, prance over to the diving board in their skimpy swimsuits and attempt to pull out something better than a belly flop, all in a bid to impress mentor Tom Daley and us viewers.

Join Digital Spy from 7.20pm as hosts Gabby Logan and Vernon Kay present a shamelessly cheesy 90 minutes of gawking at celebrities' bodies before forcing them to fall from a great height. Go on, don't act like you won't be giving it a whirl...

20:50Thanks for joining us for the Splash! premiere live blog everyone. In what is surely the best bit of TV scheduling ever, the new series of Take Me Out is next up,...

Celebrity Big Brother housemate Lionel Blair was upset by Jasmine Waltz's behaviour during their first night together in the house.

As Jasmine rolled around the floor while handcuffed to Sam Faiers, Lionel described his housemate's behaviour as "awful" to Ollie Locke.

Lionel said that while Jasmine was "silly, funny" and "nice", he hoped somebody like Linda Nolan would have a word with her.

The showbiz veteran also criticised Jasmine's acting career, describing it as a "load of bollocks".

Celebrity Big Brother launched to more than 3 million viewers on Channel 5 last night (January 3).

Housemates include Jim Davidson, Lee Ryan, Luisa Zissman, Casey Batchelor and Evander Holyfield. Dappy and Liz Jones will face the public vote on Wednesday.

Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight (January 4) at 10pm on Channel 5.

Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy's Screen Time:...

Ricky Gervais has joked about the fortune-telling of his show Extras after Lionel Blair entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on Friday (January 3).

The 2007 Christmas special of Gervais's BBC sitcom saw his character Andy join the reality show along with Blair, who is now a real-life Big Brother contestant.

Extras also spoofed a story during its first series where Kate Winslet hopes to win an Academy Award for a movie centred on the Holocaust. In reality, Winslet later won the Oscar for 2008 Holocaust film The Reader.

Gervais joked on Twitter yesterday: "Winslet wins awards for holocaust movie....Lionel Blair goes into CBB...next year Ross Kemp will knock out a horse. #Extradamus"

Lionel Blair is joined in the Celebrity Big Brother house by contestants including Towie's Sam Faiers, N-Dubz rapper Dappy and boxer Evander Holyfield.

Meanwhile, Gervais was recently named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) Person of...

Celebrity Big Brother launched on Friday night (December 3), with 12 stars entering the Elstree house.

Towie's Sam Faiers, N-Dubz rapper Dappy, boxer Evander Holyfield, presenter Jim Davidson, Blue's Lee Ryan and Made in Chelsea's Ollie Locke form part of the lineup.

Luisa Zissman from The Apprentice, journalist Liz Jones, entertainer Lionel Blair, singer Linda Nolan, celebrity dater Jasmine Waltz and model Casey Batchelor complete the latest crew.

Take a look at the gallery below as the stars entered the house:...

Dappy and Liz Jones face eviction from the Celebrity Big Brother house after tonight's launch show.

The duo were put in jeopardy by an unwitting Jim Davidson and Linda Nolan as part of the handcuff twist.

Davidson and Nolan, who entered the house first, were given the option of uncuffing one pair of housemates after meeting everyone.

They eventually chose to grant freedom to Dappy and Jones because they seemed "stressed", but were surprised to find out that it meant that the duo now face the first eviction on Wednesday.

Two more pairs of housemates will also join them in facing eviction from Monday.

The other celebrity duos who entered the house tonight are Sam Faiers and Jasmine Waltz, Lee Ryan and Casey Batchelor, Ollie Locke and Lionel Blair, and Luisa Zissman and Evander Holyfield.

Celebrity Big Brother continues tomorrow (January 4) at 10pm on Channel 5.

Take a look at the...