Les Dennis
Summary
Les Dennis (born Leslie Dennis Heseltine, on 12 October 1953) is an English comedian, celebrity, television presenter and actor perhaps best known as the host of Family Fortunes for 15 years.Dennis was born in Garston, Liverpool. His father worked in a betting shop after service in the Royal Navy during World War II and a period as a football player on the books of Liverpool F.C. (but didn't play for the first team), whilst his mother worked in a factory. He attended the Stockton Wood and Joseph Williams primary schools and then Quarry Bank High School after passing the Eleven plus exam.
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Ricky Gervais sitcom Life's Too Short scaled back
BBC2 series starring Warwick Davis, which failed to repeat success of Extras and The Office, to end after one-hour special.
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Not again! History repeated as magazine runs topless Kate pictures
Here we go again. . . now it's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, getting the paparazzi treatment, just as her late mother-in-law did 15 years ago and her brother-in-law did just a couple of weeks ago.
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Celebrity Big Brother: who will be in this year's house?
Michael Madsen, former EastEnder Natalie Cassidy, and Loose Women's Denise Welch among names rumoured for C5 show.
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Dyson in Belfast: Les Dennis, Lord Leveson and death knocks
HTFP blogger reports from the Journalism Skills Conference.
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Can Trinny and Susannah win back our hearts?
Trinny and Susannah fell out of favour once ruled makeover TV - will From Boom to Bust see them regain that crown?.
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