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Friends Will Be Friends
The ITV special Happy Hour with Olly Murs is expected over the holiday period, featuring his ‘showbiz dad’, Bradley Walsh. Bradley was the ‘Send to All’ subject of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show on 24 November. Tosin Cole told the Evening Standard that work on his recent Royal Court play ear for eye meant he hadn’t found time to watch himself in Doctor Who (tinyurl.com/TosinStand). On Christmas Day Matt Lucas hosts a live Radio 2 celebration. Sharon D Clarke features in Radio 4’s Lena Marsh, Live and Shticking on Boxing Day. While promoting Caroline, or Change, Sharon was interviewed in both The Times and the Standard. She sang Lot’s Wife from the musical at the Evening Standard Awards on 18 November, where she received a Best Musical Performance nomination in the category presented by