Damian Lewis vampire comedy The Radleys is now filming

Kelly Macdonald, Sophia Di Martino and Shaun Parkes are amongst those joining the cast.

John Bishop stranded in Paris after Champions League final, but Matt Forde is over the moon

John Bishop had a tougher journey home after the Champions League Final than he had hoped for. After his team lost to Real Madrid 0:1, Liverpool fan Bishop thought he had lucked in when he bagged a seat on a club charter flight next to actor Damian Lewis, but the flight got delayed by 6 hours. It was a better weekend for Matt Forde, whose beloved Nottingham Forest secured promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 23 years.

Dream Horse review

A celebration of community that feels natural.

Dream Horse review

Cinemas are open, so the feel-good Brit comedy is back.

Dream Horse review

Yes, it's schmaltzy, very schmaltzy, but with strong performances by Toni Collette and Damian Lewis the odds are that you'll love it.

Six main actors and supporting cast play a variety of roles in the Horrible Histories' take on William Shakespeare's lost years. The Bard had tried being in a band but it didn't work out so it's off to London for fame and fortune and a nasty Spanish Catholic plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I.

It's all a hoot with touches of Python, Blackadder and The Young Ones as the great and the good of Elizabethan England tread the boards. Damian Lewis does a cameo as Sir Richard Hawkins, Ben Willbond hams it up as King Philip II of Spain with his trio of assassins, miserable Christopher Marlow (Jim Howick) helps the Bard and Helen McCrory is all you hope for as Elizabeth I.

Great fun but will it fill the big screen?

Damian Lewis and wife take roles in Bill

Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory now hope to finally impress their toughest critics: their children. The couple have taken on roles in Bill, a new children's comedy about William Shakespeare, after they fell in love with Horrible Histories as a family.

Damian Lewis tried out for Episodes

Damian Lewis auditioned for Stephen Mangan's part in Episodes, Matt LeBlanc has revealed.

Ian McKellen: acting, accents, Damian Lewis & his voice

The Hobbit/ actor thinks he overacted for Vicious's live studio audience and sympathises with gay A-listers who won't come out.

You know the routine by now: let the children stay up a little late, don your red nose and get ready to donate, as television's finest entertainers prepare to make us chuckle for charity. It's the 25th anniversary of this kind-hearted TV telethon, and the roster of celebrities involved is not to be sniffed at.

Some familiar faces present the evening's festivities, including Dermot O'Leary, Michael McIntyre and Rob Brydon. Things kick off with Rowan Atkinson masquerading as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Jessie J shaving off her hair and One Direction performing their charity single One Way - let's hope David Cameron, who featured in the video, makes an appearance. Among the many other highlights is the cast of Call the Midwife cast performing a mini-episode featuring an unusual birth. Meanwhile, Homeland's Damian Lewis guest stars in a Vicar of Dibley special. Office fans will also be delighted to hear that David Brent returns to our screens, when Comic Relief switches over to BBC Two at 10.30pm. As ever, this is a full-on evening. There will be laughter, probably some tears, and hopefully a large sum raised at the end of it.