News about Matthew Kelly

PATRICK MARMION: Felicity Kendal has a theatrical gift which keeps on giving. Although she is still shy in years of the octogenarian Sir Ian McKellen when he took to this stage in Hamlet three years ago, age has not withered nor custom staled her infinite variety (as Shakespeare might have marvelled). She positively glows in the title role in Sean Mathias's charming revival of Eduardo de Filippo's 1946 Neapolitan romcom, about a former prostitute and her lifelong love affair with wealthy man-about-town Domenico (Matthew Kelly).

The broadcaster and actor, 75, shot to fame by hosting some of the biggest shows including Stars In Their Eyes from 1993 until 2004 and game shows You Bet and Game For A Laugh. Once he left our screens, the star then returned to acting full-time but has always struggled with his relationship with alcohol .Earlier this year Matthew starred in a production of The Gap at the Hope Mill alongside Loose Women 's Denise Welch , who inspired him to finally stop drinking after three months of binge drinking. Denise, 65, has been candid about her own battles with alcohol and has now been sober for 12-years.

Matthew Kelly has confessed he's 's*** with money' and is forced to keep on working after spending all the earnings from his TV heyday. The iconic broadcaster and actor, 74, hosted some of ITV's biggest shows throughout the 90s including talent series Stars In Their Eyes between 1993 until 2004 and game shows You Bet and Game For A Laugh. Speaking on Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time Matthew admitted wishing that he'd put some money aside for his old age as well as opening up about his drinking.

Holly Willoughby was 'eyed up by bosses for a while', it has been revealed, as it was confirmed in August that she will return to ITV for a new gameshow. The former This Morning presenter, 43, has signed on with her Dancing On Ice co-host Stephen Mulhern to present a reboot of a '90s ITV classic. The duo will head You Bet!, based on German game show Wetten, dass..?, and previously fronted by Darren Day, as well as the late Bruce Forsyth and Matthew Kelly. Speaking about her return to the channel, she said: 'I'm so excited to be part of this iconic game show with the fabulous Stephen Mulhern. 'I'm looking forward to seeing the astonishing skills on show from the challengers and which of our celebrity panellists can come out on top.'

Previously fronted by Darren Day, as well as the late Bruce Forsyth and Matthew Kelly, the beloved programme will return to ITV1 and ITVX with two action-packed primetime event specials this Autumn. As the classic show gets a revival, members of the public will use their unique abilities to pull off the most outrageous challenges imaginable, all for the chance of winning a big cash prize.

Holly Willougby is set to return to ITV to front a brand new show alongside her Dancing On Ice co-host Stephen Mulhern.The duo will be presenting a reboot of the iconic 90s challenge show, You Bet!, which was previously fronted by Darren Day, as well as the late Bruce Forsyth and Matthew Kelly.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Roll up, roll up! For Britain's character actors, the type who value quirky and often unflattering roles over star billing, this is a last chance. Inside No. 9, the series of half-hour playlets created by the demonically inventive Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, is ending after a ten-year run. And as the show returned for the final time, enough big names were crammed into the opening episode to fill a railway carriage. In the first shot, we glimpsed Mark Bonnar and Siobhan Finneran, both familiar faces in everything from sitcoms (Catastrophe and Benidorm) to hard-bitten dramas (Line Of Duty and Happy Valley). In short order followed Joel Fry (Game Of Thrones), Susan Wokoma (Cheaters), Philippa Dunne (Motherland), Charlie Cooper (This Country) - and wasn't that Matthew Kelly, once the host of Game For A Laugh! and Stars In Their Eyes? Yes, it was.

Peter Hoskin REVIEW: Remember Stars in Their Eyes? The telly show with Matthew Kelly?There's more than just a touch of Stars in Their Eyes about Back to Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson's new biopic of that most talented, most troubled of singers, Amy Winehouse . 'Tonight, Matthew,' its lead actress, Marisa Abela , seems to say, 'I'm going to be Amy Winehouse.' The same uplifted hairdo. The same lip piercing and tattoos. The same London drawl and jazzy singing voice.

The TV host, 73, is best known for being fronted the classic singing competition Stars In Their Eyes from 1993 to 2004, which saw members of the public don elaborate costumes and try to perform as their favorite artist. Contestants would give Matthew three clues about the celebrity they were going to impersonate, then say, 'I'm going to be...'

The final cast for the BBC's last series of black comedy Inside No. 3 has been revealed. 9. Matthew Kelly, a former star of Their Eyes, will appear alongside This Country actor Charlie Cooper. Siobhan Finneran of Happy Valley, Game of Thrones actor Joel Fry, and Philippa Dunne of Derry Girls will be among them.

PATRICK MARMION: The scenery is supposed to wobble. The gags are supposed to make us groan. And the rain-dropping, door-banging mania is likely to creak like the Mary Celeste. Michael Frayn's vintage farce, which stars Felicity Kendal, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Alexander Hanson, and Matthew Kelly, is right up there with Fawlty Towers as a bravura piece of comedy plotting. Nor does Lindsay Posner's clockwork show no respect, owing to music between acts that is notably reminiscent of the TV show's theme tune. This is unlike John Cleese's comedies, but there are no familiar characters such as Basil, Sybil, and The Major. And it's certainly showing its age, with gags including a mention of Dame Myra Hess (a once-famous pianist, M'Lud) who performed during the air raids.