David Walliams

Radio Times review

Ross can still trade blows with Graham Norton: the night after the BBC One host had Carrie Fisher on his sofa, Wossy has another Star Wars star, Harrison Ford, on his. That's the cinema event of the season covered. As for TV, David Walliams has, via the circuitous route of writing books that lend themselves to sparkly dramatisations, become a festive fixture. He's here to chat about Billionaire Boy, which forms part of BBC One's heavyweight schedule on New Year's Day.

But, quick! Hide the jellied fruits! Jamie Oliver, whose campaign against excess sugar is gathering speed, is on the bill, too. He will, however, surely say a little indulgence is OK. Jess Glynne provides the music.

Radio Times review

The "Friend" is Joanna Lumley, who accompanies David Walliams through an inevitably uneven, but more-winners-than-losers sketch show. There's a disturbing pastiche of The Great British Bake Off with Paul Hollywood (Walliams, alarming with hedgehog hair) and Mary Berry (Lumley) unable to conceal their lust for one another.

In what feels like an updating of Ronnie Barker's classic Mispronunciation Sketch, Walliams is a party guest who invented autocorrect, and he drags up to play a passive-aggressive, glowing orange tanning salon receptionist. But maybe you'll prefer his Oscar Wilde, or the businessman dad who gives his little daughter a bedtime story in bullet points.

David Walliams interview

"Watching Monty Python made me want to get back to doing pure comedy."

David Walliams & Edgar Wright make DreamWorks Animation

Edgar Wright has signed on to direct an animated film for DreamWorks Animation. The film, which he'll co-write with David Walliams, is centered on the concept of shadows.

Matt Lucas explain where Vicky Pollard came from

Little Britain's Vicky Pollard was the typical chav roaming the streets of the UK in the early noughties. Now, Matt Lucas has revealed how he and David Walliams came to realise the character.

David Walliams: I received 500 letters about my books

"Children like to write in letters when you've made a mistake in a book. They love that more than anything," David Walliams revealed at the Radio Times Festival. "In one book we had two chapter 37s by mistake - well, it wasn't actually my mistake, it was the editors - and I think I got about 500 letters pointing that out."

David Walliams dresses as guard to surprise 8 year-old

It's been clear that David Walliams enjoys dressing up since he first appeared on our television screens. Now he has donned the bearskin hat of a Queen's Guard at the Tower of London to surprise a Pride of Britain winner.

David Walliams 'to be granted quickie divorce' today

David Walliams and Lara Stone are set to be granted a quickie divorce on Thursday (10 September), according to reports.