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Home > Drama > Charity ball and soap star football match to honour Emmerdale producer, Gavin Blyth January 30th, 2011 by Sarah. 1 Comment The stars of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale are to unite to play a charity football match in honour of the late Gavin Blyth. Gavin of course worked as a producer on both shows, so cast and crew of both soaps will attend a charity ball and play the match which will take place on February 19th. The stars will gather Hilton Hotel in Manchester, with the ball to held in the evening following the football match. Gavin of course died late last year after a short battle with lung cancer, and all proceeds raised from the event will go to a cancer charity Macmillan. What’s On TV reports that among those playing in the match will be Danny Miller, Marc Silcock and mark Charnock from Emmerdale. Corrie’s Ben Price, Michael Le Vell and Ryan Thomas will also take part. Follow us on Twitter ! Get the latest news and chat with @ unrealitytv Categories:...

Home > Gavin and Stacey > Gavin and Stacey: Ruth Jones says fat actors have plenty of roles January 14th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Ruth Jones thinks there are plenty of roles for fat actors these days. The curvaceous ‘Gavin and Stacey’ star – who is set to play 20-stone comedy legend Hattie Jacques in a BBC4 biopic – says TV bosses are a lot more open-minded than they once were, and consider all shapes and sizes for their shows. She said: “Hattie Jacques may have been stereotyped in the Sixties and Seventies but things have moved on. I don’t think we have the same over¬simplified, sizeist view now. “There are many roles for larger actors. I’ve been given many parts which are not just, ‘Oh, we need a fat person to play this character’.” Ruth – who recently lost three stone – claims she wasn’t offended by being handed the part of larger-than-life Hattie, who was famously so big she wore tents in the ‘Carry On’ movies, as she wanted to reveal the true person behind the f...