Trevor McDonald

Sir Trevor McDonald calls Mrs Brown's Boys racism controversy "crude, offensive, and insulting"

Sir Trevor McDonald has hit out at the cast of Mrs Brown Boys for a "crude, offensive, and insulting" joke reportedly made during filming.

Stephen Fry & Joanna Lumley in top 10 voices poll

In a poll commissioned by Virgin Media, Stephen Fry came second when the public were asked what was the nation's favourite voice, while Joanna Lumley came third. David Attenborough came first.

The Lenny Henry Birthday Show, review

A 60th birthday bash I was delighted to be invited to.

Next Wednesday, Sir Lenny Henry turns 60; here, Sir Trevor McDonald presents a lighthearted and celebratory look back at a career that started 43 years ago with an appearance on New Faces and shows no sign of stopping any time soon. There is the added lure of some new sketches.

The series spoofing cookery shows returns with the "first knight of news", Sir Trevor McDonald, taking his turn. It's a prelude to host Harry Hill asking McDonald to do silly things and the former news anchor gamely obliging, showing how he can disappear ("I mustn't misuse these magic powers"), singing and discussing the merits of the coffee machine-inspired Sospresso. The lightest of comedies imaginable, but no less fun for that.

Preview - Lenny Henry: A Life on Screen

Sir Lenny Henry has been part of British TV since the 1970s when he won talent show New Faces in 1975 at the age of 16. Since then he's done sitcoms, sketch shows, stand-up, the stage, children's TV and charity work.

David Tennant wants to put sushi into the titular dungeon. "It doesn't even come with chips!" "To be fair," says Frank Skinner, "you come from a place where they won't even eat raw Mars bars." Elsewhere, comedian Aisling Bea has it in for pigeons, along with adults on scooters ("like getting breastfed at 40"). But what are we to make of the rapturous applause that greets Sir Trevor McDonald's request for less queuing? Truly, the UK is going to hell in a handcart.

Del Boy and Morecambe & Wise top Radio Times poll

Only Fools And Horses, The Morecambe And Wise Show, Sir Trevor McDonald and Doctor Who have topped a Radio Times poll to name the "ultimate TV schedule".