News about David Baddiel

In a shock to fans, Sky have cancelled one of their popular football shows - after just two series. The popular programme - which was a reboot of the 1990s original hosted by Frank Skinner and David Baddiel - made it's return back in September 2022. The programme became the latest sport-based show to face the axe in 2024.

Several 'influential' users awakened to discover a blue tick on their account, despite not paying for the site's Premium version. If customers like them or not, it seems that the website is giving free subscriptions to X Premium. Larry the Cat, a parody account of the feline living at Number ten, wrote: "It appears a blue tick has been added to my account.' Just to be clear, I haven't paid for it, I didn't ask for it, and I don't want it.'

Skinner told listeners on Saturday that his breakfast show would come to an end after 15 years, and that, 'I'm not going to pretend I took it well.' Emily Dean and Pierre Novellie, the 67-year-old comedian, were'sacked,' and the co-hosts, according to him.' He will be out of work in May after being told that his deal will not be renewed, but that he does not want to go'. Critics also protested the decision to cancel Skinner's famous program, which has been on air since 2009. Absolute's decision, according to journalist Nick Duerden, was due to ageism, and there were similarities with Ken Bruce's departure from BBC Radio 2 last year. 'No one could guess how Radio 2 undervalued Ken Bruce so much,' and now much the same appears with Skinner, a man of some vintage, but who never looked his age and never sounded it out.' He was fine, and he still is.' 'Ageism may have been a factor in Skinner's dismissal,' Tristam Fane Saunders said. He's technically a pensioner at 67. 'On X: Frank Skinner's show on Absolute is brilliant, but the decision not to renew it can only have been made by an Absolute t***.'

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince Andrew performed a version of musical chairs in Windsor's St George's Chapel for the late King Constantine's memorial service. In the second class, he was supposed to sit next to his ex-wife Sarah. The front row was reserved for Queen Camilla and working royals plus Marina Ogilvy, who was seen in a wheelchair for the first time. The Duke of Kent, who should have been with his sister and niece in the second row, was carried to the second row like a jumbo cuckoo Andrew. Would absent William - who has little time for Andrew (who bagged pole position as the highest in the line of succession present) - have relegated his uncle to his proper place?

On the 1996 Euros, the English comedian, 59, admitted to the song Three Lions by himself, Frank, and the band The Lightning Seeds earned them money. However, David said that the album has not been a moneymaker for the comedy pair since the inception of Spotify. 'Not money, for a start,' David told The Sun when asked what the song had brought him in addition to fame.' A fair wedge was sent between Frank and Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds.' But not since Spotify took over, has it brought us much money.'

Mirren and Cooper's appearances are edited to make them seem more Jewish on social media. I see The Academy has shortlisted Golda and Maestro in the *Hair And Makeup* category,' he wrote in his post on X. Jewface is up for a nomination.' It comes after the actors received backlash for playing the roles, with Mirren playing former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Cooper playing American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Reacting to Baddiel's post, one person commented: 'I don't want to laugh at that comment but it did actually make me Lol!Sorry!'

Lord Dobbs, a writer who wrote House of Cards, admitted to delivering the book to the King and Queen on a whim, but in a 'unexpected' but 'wonderful' twist, it was revealed on the Queen's book club website a few weeks later. At the State Opening of Parliament, Camilla attended firsthand as the thriller explores themes of love and devotion.

Camilla (left and right) will appear on The Queen's Reading Room Podcast, which launches on January 8. Her Majesty, 76, has used her royal position to encourage reading and help raise national literacy. During the pandemic, her Instagram book club, which has 167,000 followers, was established after she posted a few of her lockdown reading favorites. It has since been a charity and has hosted its own annual literary festival at Hampton Court Palace (inset), which will be held again next year on June 8.

Despite being referred to impartiality laws that state that journalist employees "should not participate in public demonstrations on contentious topics," hundreds of Jewish employees in news and current affairs attended the London demonstration. Following a dramatic rise in crimes since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, tens of thousands of citizens took part in a march calling for a crackdown on antisemitism, with some carrying placards reading "BBC muzzles journalists."

We've read and heard a lot about the feeling of bewilderment, shock, profound sadness, and - worst of all - fear felt by Britain's Jewish people in the last 50 days,' Robert Hardman writes. Yesterday, the collective anarchy in London's East End brought the biggest demonstration of support for British Jews since the Battle of Cable Street in London's East End nearly 90 years ago. The total figure came out at 105,000, but not nearly half of the UK's entire Jewish population.

According to an insider, a'significant' percentage of Jewish workers at the BBC planned to defy the corporation's 'ban' on attending the March Against Anti-Semitism today. As they expressed their dissatisfaction with the BBC's news coverage of Israel and Hamas, Jewish employees at the corporation announced that they would attend the rally in central London with tens of thousands of others calling for an end to hatred against their ethnicity. According to a source who spoke to MailOnline, several inside the corporation have even characterized the event as 'romanticizing Hamas and its allies,' and blasted it for having the 'audacity' to warn Jewish employees not to protest against rising anti-Semitism. Managers at the BBC had effectively barred staff from participating in the march last week, including some senior figures. According to one insider, Jewish staff thought the decision was "deplorable" and that "none of them was keen to comply with it," but it is not possible to determine how many individuals defy rules that say they should not go.

This week, comedian David Baddiel announced that his next book would be focusing on women and the male gaze. In it, he will discuss whether decent men can both objectify women's bodies and respect their minds. But can they? Both men and women are brought to life by two writers in an emotionally honest verdict on how both men - and women - fit into the opposite gender sex.

Frank Skinner, a nineties TV favorite and comedian, is reminiscing on his experience in comedy with a new set at the Edinburgh Festival titled 30 Years Of Dirt. It's an hour of stand-up.' In recent years I've thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be good if I went and did a completely clean show, just to prove I could?"' He laughs. "I don't think I can, but there is humour in my attempt." Your modern comic will do an hour in Edinburgh about science or some politic issue, or personal tragedy, but none of that is me. This is why I believe I'll always be a dirty comedian.' Frank was both left and right when they were younger, with David Baddiel.

This Oscar winner rose to prominence in the swinging sixties before sweeping Hollywood. She worked as a nails detective for 15 years before converting her badge for a crown and becoming a Dame. She is known for her natural beauty and rose to the role of Ambassador for cosmetics brand L'Oréal at the tender age of 69, as well as her starring talents.

The Lionesses of England were seen winding down with a day of 'wholesome activities' as the countdown begins for their first FIFA World Cup match. Ellie Roebuck and Mary Earps (pictured left and Ellie, top right) were seen strolling through Brisbane, Australia, enjoying a frozen ice cream in the sunshine less than 24 hours before their opener against Haiti. Several members of the team were enjoying a low-key day of sightseeing and a trip to Ciao Papi in an attempt to conserve energy before their big game. Earlier this week, several of the actors (bottom right) had gone whale watching off the coast of Queensland, where they noticed the massive mammals breaching the surface a few meters from the vessel's rail.

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup has started in Australia and New Zealand, and the team now has a song to name: "Call Me a Lioness" as the nation gets behind the England Lionesses. To motivate the players, the men's England football team has long had its own songs and chanting. "Three Lions (Football's Home)," by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner, and The Lightning Seeds, which was announced ahead of the UEFA European Championships, which England was hosting in the same year, has a special place in football fanatics.

After the Phillip Schofield fiasco, comedian David Baddiel mocked Holly Willoughby's appearance on This Morning. The star, 59, pulled apart her now-infamous 'Are you okay?' She gave a speech as she opened the show with Josie Gibson. As she returned the the daytime programme after two weeks off she began by saying: 'Hello, Firstly, are you okay? I hope so. Without Phil, it's strange to sit here.'

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: King Charles will face his first ordeal of his reign six weeks after Coronation: Royal Ascot. He has no enthusiasm for horseracing, unlike his late mother. He was involved in the early days of his marriage to Diana and was often disobeying after the first run to play polo. He will not be looking forward to what most in Queen Camilla's circle regard as the crown jewel of the season, despite being in the midst of downsizing the Royal Stud at Sandringham.

David Baddiel said he told Gary Lineker he was wrong to compare Suella Braverman's policies to 1930s Germany. According to the comedian and author, overusing Nazi names could amount to'soft-core Holocaust denial.' Lineker's tweeting that Home Secretary Suella Braverman's migrant crackdown was "immeasurably cruel" and used a "language not familiar to that used by Germany in the 30s." Baddiel said he wrote to the Match of the Day actor to express his dissatisfaction with the 'inaccurate' comparison. Baddiel said on the Rest of Politics podcast that one reason why the comparison won't hold up would be because of the Nazis' policies against their own Jews rather than migrants.

On Thursday, fans of classic BBC series The Fantasy Football League was treated to an unexpected reunion. Former host David Baddiel posted a beaming snap with Frank Skinner and actor Angus Loughran, who was known as 'Statto' in the series, on Instagram. After being inspired by the sporting phenomenon that swept radio in the early 1990s, the three models posed for the Instagram photo 29 years since The Fantasy Football League first hit television screens.

Anthony Horowitz, a novelist who writes the popular young adult Alex Rider series, said that while some books are amusing, writing quality is not 'literary.' When asked about the commercial success of books by comedians David Walliams and David Baddiel, he said: "I agree that any book a child reads is a good thing, but it does rankle me that the shelves and bestseller lists are now jam-packed with books that don't raise the level of literacy, but simply entertain.' Everybody in the industry sighs over a certain sort of kid's book, but that is the way it is. I'm not against any author. There are authors whose writing quality is not what I'd call literary, but if their books are selling millions and giving people pleasure, who am I to criticise?'

ANDREW PIERCE: Braverman is fighting for her political career after boundary changes ensure her Fareham constituency will be merged with neighbouring Meon Valley at the next election. This means she will have to campaign for the vacant seat of Fareham and Waterlooville with Tory MP Flick Drummond.

After suggesting that the former Chelsea and England captain host Match of the Day on Saturday night, John Terry fired back on Twitter. Gary Lineker would withdraw from presenting the BBC's flagship highlights show 'until we have reached an agreed and concrete position on his use of social media,' according to the BBC. Chelsea supporter Baddiel made a remark on social media about Terry's infamous shared Champions League trophy lift in 2012. The then Chelsea captain was suspended for the club's win over Bayern Munich in the Bavarian city, but Frank Lampard was on the podium in full kit to lift the trophy. Baddiel wrote: "I wonder if John Terry is using an autocue somewhere." 'I wonder if, somewhere, John Terry is doing something with an autocue."

Dame Helen Mirren attended the Golda premiere and European Shooting Stars 2023 awards at the Berlin International Film Festival on Monday, showcasing her chic blonde locks. The actress, 77, wore a floor-length black dress with a low-cut neckline. Her golden hair was fashioned into loose waves, with her tresses tumbling down over her shoulders and back.