Overview

• Margolyes, 84, confirmed she was recently invited to join BBC One's Celebrity Traitors but declined, saying she has never watched the show and does not intend to.
• She made the comments during an appearance at the Cheltenham Literature Festival while promoting her new collection The Little Book of Miriam.
• She said she will not return her OBE, citing criticism over her support for Palestinians and stressing that she supports Palestinians unreservedly.
• She asserted she was the first person to utter the f-word on British television during a 1963 University Challenge appearance, a claim that challenges the commonly cited Ken Tynan anecdote.
• The celebrity spin-off of The Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, continues to air with a high-profile cast including Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross, Celia Imrie and Charlotte Church playing for a charity prize fund.