Dean Butler

Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert's first onscreen kiss was cut short by her own mother. The legendary actress, now 60, who played Laura Ingalls on the 1974-1983 series, was filming a romantic scene with her co-star and TV husband Dean Butler, now 67, when her mother began sobbing near the set. The emotional outburst led to such a disturbance that Michael Landon, the show's leading actor, writer, and director, had to abruptly halt filming with a shout of 'cut.'

Many people don't know the current rage or the state pension age - and there are common misconceptions about how the system works. There is a strongly held belief that each person's National Insurance contributions are kept in a personal pot to be accessed when they reach state pension age, says Standard Life, which carried out research on what people know about this vital source of retirement income.

People have £131,000 on average by the time they reach retirement, a massive shortfall in the amount they hoped to have available to buy an annuity or invest to generate an income. A £250,000 pot can buy an annuity - which provides a guaranteed income for life - worth £12,091 a year at today rates, according to Standard Life. A £131,000 fund can currently get you an annuity of £6,332 a year. Many people now take advantage of pension freedom to keep their fund invested in old age, which gives you the chance to still grow your pot as you make withdrawals.