Paul O'Grady

Paul O’Grady says he can ‘run free’ after hosting final Radio 2 show

Presenter admits reason for his departure was new BBC schedule for Sunday afternoon show

Jane Clinton

15, Aug, 2022 @1:24 PM

Paul O’Grady leaves Sunday Radio 2 show after 14 years

BBC bosses made O’Grady, 67, share slot with Rob Beckett in push to attract younger listeners

Jim Waterson Media editor

09, Aug, 2022 @1:11 PM

TV tonight: black Britons share their stories

Six people pick a subject for debate, from education to single parenthood. Plus, Morgan Freeman on the world’s greatest prison escapes. Here’s what to watch this evening

Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue, Phil Harrison

23, Feb, 2022 @6:20 AM

'Edinburgh made us!' The stars catapulted to TV fame from the fringe

Lily Savage, The League of Gentlemen, Fleabag and a host of telly sensations started out on tiny stages at the extravaganza. In its absence, who will be next?

Ryan Gilbey

10, Aug, 2020 @5:00 AM

Goldilocks and the Three Bears review – barrage of innuendo from Clary and co

Julian Clary, Paul O’Grady and Matt Baker vamp it up in this big-budget extravaganza yet it’s a case of double the entendres and half the story

Ryan Gilbey

12, Dec, 2019 @12:56 PM

Blind Date review – was love in the air on the first ever bisexual episode?

The grand dame of dating TV has finally featured its first bi contestant. But it’s sweet-natured romance that remains the show’s biggest selling point

Rebecca Nicholson

05, May, 2019 @8:00 PM

Wednesday’s best TV – Hang Ups; The Road to Armistice: Amiens Remembered

Stephen Mangan’s sitcom is fast-paced and funny, while centenary commemorations chart the first world war’s hundred-days offensive

David Stubbs, Mike Bradley, Hannah J Davies, Graeme Virtue and Paul Howlett

08, Aug, 2018 @5:20 AM

Thursday’s best TV – True Horror; Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

Accounts of paranormal activity are dramatised in an impressively spooky new show, while police tapes and interviews shed light on Britain’s deadliest serial killer

John Robinson, Candice Carty-Williams, Phil Harrison, Jack Seale, David Stubbs, Jonathan Wright and Paul Howlett

26, Apr, 2018 @5:20 AM

'Non-stop gagster and comedy scientist': Paul O’Grady, Alan Davies and Frank Cottrell Boyce on Ken Dodd

Paul O’Grady’s family cheered him outside court. Alan Davies couldn’t get a word in over lunch. And he got Frank Cottrell Boyce by the chuckle muscle. Stars remember the brilliantly bizarre comedian

13, Mar, 2018 @6:00 AM

Dick Whittington's smut outdoes the sparkle as panto pandemonium kicks off

London Palladium strikes pantomime gold with Julian Clary on filthy form, while Stratford stages a sweet Rapunzel and Nottingham puts on a cheery Cinderella

Lyn Gardner

15, Dec, 2017 @1:36 PM

The best radio this week: Paul O'Grady remembers the Light Programme

The broadcaster and comedian celebrates Radio 2’s predecessor, while Johnnie Walker meets Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues

David Hepworth

16, Sep, 2017 @10:00 AM

Finally, a gay Blind Date. What took so long? | Rebecca Nicholson

Freelance writer Rebecca Nicholson unpacks the dating show’s revamped debut – its first LGBT programme