ACTRESS and writer Meera Syal has set the literary bar high for herself. Her first novel Anita And Me is now a national curriculum set text, her second, Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee, was made into a BBC drama.

Actors Joan Collins, James Corden, and Sheridan Smith were among the actors included on the New Year’s Honours List.

Actress Meera Syal has become the latest star to voice concern over the BBC ban on all-male comedy panel shows.

Actress Scarlett Johansson is set to appear on The Kumars At No 42, it was revealed today.