The 67-year-old presenter is departing the Sunday Afternoon radio slot after 14 years.
A Liverpool-based brewery used Lily Savage's likeness on a special beer for International Women's Day.
The star had said it was a 'management decision'.
The presenter has hosted Sunday teatime show 'Paul O'Grady on the Wireless' since 2009.
Paul O'Grady will not be unearthing the dresses and wigs of his drag alter ego in the near future.
Sewing Bee, For the Love of Dogs and The Repair shop all return for some comfort viewing.
Dive into the world of bent coppers and high-end second-hand goods this evening.
Needles at the ready as The Great British Sewing Bee returns.
Paul O'Grady and his passion for pooches gets into its ninth series tonight, while Top Gear airs a special tribute.
It seems nobody told Charlton Heston that Lily Savage wasn't really a woman.
The dating show traditionally only catered for straight participants but since the programme was rebooted in 2017, the show has attempted to reflect society with a more diverse approach.
Paul O’Grady has revealed the heart-breaking news that his dog Bullseye has died. The comedian, who presents ITV show Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs, broke the news to listeners on his Radio 2 show. “You know that I did have an epileptic dog called Bullseye.
Paul O'Grady has paid tribute to both Barbara Windsor and her husband Scott Mitchell in how they're coping with the EastEnders star's battle with Alzheimer's.
The presenter reveals how he laid his dog to rest.
Paul O’Grady knew it would be tough when he bravely stepped into his pal Cilla Black’s shoes and agreed to host the new ‘Blind Date’. Cilla Black was buried at St Mary’s Church in Woolton, Liverpool. Paul, 61, admitted the Channel 5 programme has brought him close to Cilla again since she died after a fall at her Spanish home in 2015.
Paul O’Grady has made some shocking revelations about his old friend Cilla Black, branding her a “mad woman” and dishing that she took the class A drug cocaine. Was the Lily Savage legend joking? Cilla died at her Spanish villa in 2015 and Paul, 61, has taken over presenting duties on her infamous dating show ‘Blind Date’ which she presented from 1985 to 2003.
Incase you missed it, earlier this week Barry Manilow bravely revealed he is gay and has been in a relationship with his manager, Garry Kief, for 40 years. The couple wed in secret in 2014 but TV favourite Paul O’Grady – aka Lily Savage – has revealed that he has known about Barry’s true sexuality for 20 years. The ‘Copacabana’ hitmaker left it untill the age of 73 to come out yet Paul insists that to do so earlier would have destroyed his career in America.
Channel 5 has announced that TV star Melanie Sykes will replace ‘Our Graham’ on the rebooted ‘Blind Date’ when it returns to screens later this year. The former Big Breakfast beauty is more commonly seen in front of the camera but has signed up to take on the announcing duties and will help contestants decide who they should pick to whisk off on a romatic getaway, when the show returns later this year with Paul O’Grady at the helm.
Last week, we were delighted to learn that classic dating show ‘Blind Date’ is being rebooted with Paul O’Grady at the helm. Now the comedic presenter has revealed he accepted the chance to take the reigns from the late Cilla Black as a tribute to the TV legend and his good pal. The 61-year-old host made a complete U-turn on his original decision to reject the offer by bosses because he realised Cilla would enjoy seeing him present the show and would have been “screaming with laughter”.
It has been reported that Paul O’Grady will be assisted by Vicky Pattison on the ‘Blind Date’ reboot. Vicky Pattison and Paul O’Grady to present Blind Date together? Rumours had swirled that the popular ‘Geordie Shore’ star was stepping into the late Cilla Black’s shoes for the revamp of the hit dating show but it was revealed yesterday that TV legend Paul O’Grady – who was best friends with the Liverpudlian star until her death in 2015 – has been nabbed to present the new series.
Paul O’Grady admits he’s still struggling with the death of his close friend Cilla Black, and still finds it difficult to cope knowing she’s not around. Some 16 months on, Paul says the loss isn’t getting much easier. The festive season is particularly poignant for the 61-year-old star, who is currently playing the wicked stepmother in Cinderella at the London Palladium.
Paul O’Grady has revealed that he doesn’t regret turning down an offer to host Britain’s Got Talent. Paul was reportedly originally lined-up to front the show, with Simon Cowell, Fern Britton and Piers Morgan in the judging seats. In developing the pilot, there were even plans to call it ‘Paul O'Grady’s Got Talent’.
Paul O'Grady has revealed that he was banned from BBC’s The One Show for being “too outspoken” about controversial Channel 4 series Benefit Street two years ago. Paul revealed all during a talk at the Hampstead Literary Festival and even accused the show’s presenters, Alex Jones and Matt Baker, of being “too squeaky clean”. The TV favourite explained: “I was banned from The One Show for kicking off.
Over the weekend Battersea Dogs & Cats Home were at the centre of a scandal as an anonymous source came forward to claim that the charity were putting down hundreds of healthy dogs each year. Now, Paul O’Grady, who has presented ITV show ‘For The Love Of Dogs’ from their London rescue centre since 2012, has hit back at the negative claims and defended the home.
Paul O’Grady broke down in tears as he talked about the “lorra” laughs he had with his late friend Cilla Black on his Radio 2 show that he dedicated to the star.