Sir Patrick Stewart, Helen Lederer and Hugh Bonneville are just some of the stars bringing a series of statues to life by giving them a voice.

It is certainly a low-key weekend in Ireland, with two days at Tramore and Dundalk tomorrow the fare on offer for punters.

Aidan O’Brien’s domination of the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes continued as Dick Whittington caused a minor upset in the Curragh feature.

The nap vote at the Curragh tomorrow goes to Michael Halford’s once-raced Portage in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden.

Eddie Lynam has warned Anthem Alexander could bypass tomorrow’s Keeneland Phoenix Stakes should the ground be too soft.

In Britain they are becoming increasingly worried about field sizes, believing that a small number of runners in races are a turn-off for punters and bookmakers alike.

Narrowly denied by compatriot Miss Lahar in the race last year, the Rae Guest-trained Minalisa returned to land the listed Yeomanstown & Morristown Lattin Studs Fillies Stakes in Naas last night.

Solving this afternoon’s Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh would have been so easy had the Epsom heroine, Taghrooda, as was widely anticipated, met the engagement.

This is a big weekend for Ballydoyle and not just with Australia.

War Envoy bids to further enhance his reputation in the Alfred Nobel Rochestown Stakes on a high-class card at Naas today.

The Great War could put his reputation on the line in Saturday’s Cold Move EBF Marble Hill Stakes at the Curragh.

Tarfasha roared into the Investec Oaks picture when winning the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Blue Wind Stakes at Naas with real authority for Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen.

SO THERE we were, cooing over a photograph of the little boy a friend has just adopted from Russia and imagining what it might be like to welcome him, when one of the people in the office announced that, when he was growing up, he always wondered if he’d been adopted.

An amateur dramatic group in the UK said today the show must go on after their pantomime dame collapsed and died from a heart attack during a performance of 'Dick Whittington'.

Barbara Windsor has slammed EastEnders' cot death storyline as "a disgrace".

Landlady Peggy Mitchell gazes in despair at the charred remains of her beloved Queen Vic tonight - after her memories and livelihood went up in smoke.

Northern jump racing’s top trio of Howard Johnson, Graham Wylie and Graham Lee kicked off the New Year in great style with a three-timer at Catterick thanks to wins with Zeitgeist, Turnstile and Motive.

Are You Being Served? star John Inman is in hospital suffering from hepatitis A, his manager said today.