One Foot in the Grave News

COMIC John Sessions paid tribute to the "prodigious gifts" of Robbie Coltrane as he presented him with a special Bafta award at a ceremony in Glasgow last night.

I had the good fortune, in my early 30s, to be sitting on the steps of the Royal Court with Bill Gaskill pondering where the future lay.

A campaign to help armed services veterans was given a boost of almost A 2,000 last week with a special visit.

One Foot in the Grave star Richard Wilson has hit out at ITV's hugely popular talent show The X Factor, branding Simon Cowell's song-and-dance fest "cruel". "I used to watch The X Factor but since the auditions became public, it just seems cruel," said the actor.

It is meant to be the quintessential period drama bringing a touch of carefully crafted class to Sunday night TV.