Paul O’Grady is Lily Savage in Paying The Rent

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A further series of 10 episodes (including a Christmas special) had been commissioned for transmission in 2022. As the audience (expecting the usual cheap prizes) clapped and cheered appreciatively, Dawson waved them down with "Don't get excited—it goes to the end of the runway and back. Before long, Lily was appearing in elegant watering holes such as The Elephant And Castle and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern where she took part in Stars Of The Future. Lily Savage (14 June 1955 - 28 March 2023) was a English comedienne, best known for being a smoker with a Scouse accent and for being on TV shows such as The Big Breakfast and Blankety Blank.

and had seven panellists instead of the usual six, with the Chuckle Brothers playing together at one position. Throughout his career he was famously outspoken about the neglect of care workers, austerity and the Tory party: he made headlines when he said he wanted to see David Cameron and George Osborne’s “heads on spikes on Tower Bridge” over austerity cuts, and revealed that he quit his talkshow because celebrities were so dull they were like “relatives you felt obliged to visit”. The Independent Broadcasting Authority restricted the value of prizes on ITV shows, and BBC-programme prizes were also of a modest value.The LGBTQ+ rights campaigner Peter Tatchell remembered O’Grady as “one of the loveliest people you could ever meet. The poor-quality prizes on Blankety Blank became a running joke throughout the show's various runs, particularly during the Dawson era.

Vera was rather plain looking and wore glasses like re-entry shields but she was very close to Lily. Lily's first real job was in Woolworths on the Pick 'n' Mix and then she was moved to the cold meat counter before her now manager discovered her.Lily was able to draw on her own experiences in the detention centre to play the prisoner wrongly accused of killing her sister, Vera.