Overview
- Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival to promote The Little Book of Miriam, the 84-year-old said she was recently invited onto the series and immediately turned it down.
- Margolyes said she has never watched the programme and does not intend to, though she praised the high-profile participants taking part this season.
- Celebrity Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman on BBC One, features well-known contestants playing for a charity prize while trying to identify hidden traitors.
- She reiterated support for Palestinians and said she will not give back her OBE despite calls from some quarters for her to do so.
- Her wide-ranging remarks also included a claim she was the first to utter the f-word on British TV in 1963 and contrasting views on public figures, criticizing the U.S. president and praising the King and Queen.