Bob Geldof once remarked that he was glad he had not been a fresh-faced rock idol in his youth. “I’m fairly lucky, in that I’ve always looked like shite,” he said. “If you were a pretty-boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older.”

The final series of Celebrity Big Brother kicks off tonight but Channel 4 is determined to keep the identities of the housemates a closely guarded secret until they enter the house.

Actor Glenn Ford, who played strong, thoughtful protagonists in films such as The Blackboard Jungle, Gilda and The Big Heat, has died in the US. He was 90.

The new series of Big Brother kicks off tonight with bosses promising it will be the best yet.

It’s the smallest Big Brother house yet – and designed to make the contestants’ lives as tough as possible.