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Did I hear something about Michael Barrymore is back on tv with his own show.........

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SPARKLER1 · 08/02/2006 12:55

......or have I been dreaming again.

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macwoozy · 08/02/2006 12:58

Oh pleassssse, I do so hope you've been dreaming. He was useless on that Late night project, kept mumbling whilst trying to read the auto cue, he's had his time.

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SPARKLER1 · 08/02/2006 13:00

Maybe it was just the late night project I heard about then. Didn't get to see that.

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RTKangaMummy · 08/02/2006 13:05

Barrymore makes return as TV host

Barrymore previously presented ITV series such as Strike It Lucky
Celebrity Big Brother contestant Michael Barrymore has made his return as a TV host by presenting Friday's The Friday Night Project on Channel 4.
The 53-year-old took part in sketches and answered audience questions in the comedy show, filmed on Thursday.

Once one of TV's highest earners, Barrymore was sacked by ITV in 2002 after the death of Stuart Lubbock, 31, in the pool of his Essex home in 2001.

Barrymore was never charged and an inquest recorded an open verdict.

New Zealand move

A Channel 4 spokesman said, as with previous guest presenters of The Friday Night Project, Barrymore became the focus of the show.

Audience questions answered by Barrymore "were predominately about his time in the Big Brother house", the spokesman said.

After leaving ITV in 2002 Barrymore moved to New Zealand, where he performed a successful live tour the following year.


Terry Lubbock (r) discussed the death of son Stuart with Barrymore
However, he abandoned a subsequent one-man UK comedy show three nights into its planned seven-week run, citing "personal reasons"

Barrymore filed for bankruptcy in 2004, making his return to UK television as a contestant on last month's Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 4.

After the show's finale Barrymore met Mr Lubbock's father Terry, who subsequently told The Sun newspaper that he did not blame the entertainer for his son's death.

However Tony Bennett, a former solicitor trying to bring a private prosecution against Barrymore, said he would continue with his action despite the meeting.

He served an application alleging six offences - four relating to the misuse of drugs, one alleging drunk and disorderly behaviour and one alleging assault on Stuart Lubbock.

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bundle · 08/02/2006 13:05

I think we all know where the Off switch is, laydeez

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