Overview

• Margolyes, 84, said she was recently invited to join the current series and responded that she had no interest in taking part.
• She added that she has never watched the programme and does not intend to watch it.
• The BBC One spin-off is hosted by Claudia Winkleman and features Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross, Celia Imrie and Charlotte Church competing for a charity prize pot.
• Margolyes said she will not return her OBE, rejecting calls linked to her outspoken support for Palestinians.
• During the same event, she claimed she first said the f-word on TV in 1963, took a swipe at US President Donald Trump and spoke warmly of the King and Queen.