Robert Webb to win Let's Dance for Comic Relief?
Comedian Robert Webb is the bookies' favourite to win Let's Dance for Comic Relief. The Peep Show stars odds are 11/10 with William Hill, followed by Paddy McGuinness and Keith Lemon at 6/5. The Bill stars Lisa Maxwell and Patrick Robinson are next at 6/1, while Denise Lewis and Martin Offiah are at 10/1. Jo Brand and Dick And Dom are the outsiders at 16/1 and 20/1 respectively. All profits made from the bets will be donated by William Hill to Comic Relief. "We are confident that the British public will once again dig deep and we anticipate a record year," said William Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams. Meanwhile, Sainsbury's are predicting that they will run out of Red Noses tomorrow. The supermarket said that despite the economic downturn it has seen record sales of Red Noses this year, and last week sales were up 23 per cent compared with 2007. On average, 100,000 noses have been bought every day, with half a million noses sold last weekend alone. Mike Sullivan, Sainsbury's Comic Relief manager, said: "Sales of the Comic Relief Red Noses have gone through the roof. "The response has been so positive that there is a real possibility that some Sainsbury's stores may begin to run out of noses before the end of the week." The final of Let's Dance For Comic Relief will be shown on Saturday March 14 at 7.15pm on BBC1. Get exclusive access to your favourite stars. Subscribe to TV Times magazine
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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.
An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.