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Anne Robinson, the dark lady of teatime television and mistress of the pointed putdown, is to be re-styled this spring as the presenter of a new celebrity chatshow about books, modelled on Desert Island Discs.

Will You Take Book Recommendations From The Mean Lady On 'Weakest Link' The Observer 2011

Anne Robinson, the dark lady of teatime television and mistress of the pointed putdown, is to be re-styled this spring as the presenter of a new celebrity chatshow about books, modelled on Desert Island Discs.

Will You Take Book Recommendations From The Mean Lady On 'Weakest Link' The Observer 2011

There have been other great characters, of course – Paul Calf, the Mancunian waster, Tommy Saxondale and Tony Ferrino among them, but few have rivalled Partridge, the gaffe-prone Norfolk chatshow and radio host with catchphrases galore.

Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' Laura Barton 2010

Nowadays, you'd never see a poet such as Auden on a chatshow.

Poets on television Mark Lawson 2010

He is a hugely popular standup performer and voiceover artist, and, earlier this year, launched his own chatshow, The Rob Brydon Show.

Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' Laura Barton 2010

CNN, which employs him as a chatshow host, issued the latest denial over comments Morgan made when he was on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.

9/11 phone-hacking claims: families to meet US attorney general 2011

Feel free to leave your thoughts and comments below – and follow me on Twitter at @RichardA1.35pm: Shortly after Bialek's press conference on Monday, Herman Cain appeared – rather incongruously – on comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night chatshow.

Herman Cain addresses accusations: as it happened 2011

Morgan, who now hosts a chatshow for CNN, has consistently denied hacking into phones, having any knowledge about hacking at the title, or running stories obtained by using the method.

Heather Mills claims Mirror Group journalist admitted hacking her phone 2011

CNN, which now employs him in New York as a chatshow host, issued the latest denial over comments Morgan made in a Radio 4 Desert Island Discs interview, which threatened to drag him into the scandal.

CNN statement denies Piers Morgan connection to phone hacking 2011

The domestic godess – aka HRH Ovenglove – gets a delicious roasting for her shortlived cookery chatshow.

Charlie Brooker: 10 of the best Screen Burn columns Tim Lusher 2010