Danny Dyer has teased that he will appear in a “full-frontal” scene later in the current season of Rivals.

The Bafta winner plays fan-favourite Freddie Jones in the Disney+ bonkbuster, which returned after a two-year absence last week.

While promoting season two, Danny told Radio Times: “I go full frontal in this series, if they keep it in the edit.”

Since it premiered in 2024, Rivals has become renowned for its racy content including graphic scenes of sex and nudity.

Danny added: “Nobody’s under pressure to be naked if they don’t want to, but if a woman’s getting her breasts out, why shouldn’t I get it all out?”

“I’ve got breasts as well, to be fair,” he then quipped.

Opening up more about the scene in question to Digital Spy, Danny explained: “It’s an odd thing to do. You sign up for this. It’s part of it.

“Nobody’s forced to [do it]. It’s Jilly [Cooper, who wrote the books that Rivals is based on].”

He observed that his co-star Katherine Parkinson is also “quite naked” in the scene “and so are a lot of other actors in it”.

Katherine agreed: “So many of us are doing those sorts of scenes that it becomes normalised. It’s only after the job stops you go: ‘Oh, my goodness, I did that’.

“[It’s] all done in the spirit of Jilly. It’s always telling a story.”

She added: “That’s actually a very funny scene – not because of [Danny’s] full-frontal-ness – but because of what’s happening in the scene.”

Season two of Rivals kicked off in the show’s typically raunchy fashion, with full-frontal nudity from two new characters in the first 15 minutes, and an Aidan Turner naked moment also opening the door to a certain unexpected EastEnders cameo.

Episode four of Rivals arrived on Disney+ on Friday morning, with two more coming in the weeks ahead.

After that, the show will take a mid-season break, with the rest of Rivals’ second season following later in the year.

I’ll be the first to admit I assumed you could plug most things into an extension lead – but it turns out, I was wrong. Plugging in certain appliances could be a major fire hazard, according to safety experts.

In the UK, around 7,000 house fires are caused by faulty electrics, appliances, wiring and overloaded sockets every year.

Some common household appliances can take too much power for a standard extension lead to handle safely.

According to The LED Specialist, the riskiest items to plug into extension leads are kettles, electric heaters and toasters.

The reason comes down to wattage. Kettles can draw around 3,000 watts of power, electric heaters can match or even exceed that figure, and toasters typically pull between 800 and 1,500 watts, the experts said.

When multiple high-wattage devices are running through a single extension lead at the same time, the combined load can quickly exceed what the lead can safely handle.

In April, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service shared on social media that they’d attended a call where an electric heater had been plugged into an extension lead, which began overheating.

“Thankfully, the fault was found before a fire started,” they said, adding that extension leads aren’t safe for high-powered items such as heaters, electric fires, or large kitchen appliances.

It goes without saying then that plugging your washing machine or tumble dryer into an extension lead is not a good idea either.

Oliver Nichols, from The LED Specialist, said: “People often don’t realise how much current these devices pull, and when you combine more than one on a single lead, you’re creating a real fire risk.”

Experts say these devices should always be plugged directly into a wall socket instead.

Another issue to consider when plugging in appliances is whether the extension lead you’re using is safe.

Experts warn some of these products can be missing the important safety markings and built-in fuses that UK-standard leads are required to carry.

According to BEAMA – the trade association for energy infrastructure and systems – extension leads should be CE marked (otherwise they’re deemed non-compliant).

You should also check there are no imperfections in the plastic mouldings, that it doesn’t rattle when you shake it, that there are no signs of damage to the cable or plug, and that the cable length is as advertised.

“If your extension lead doesn’t carry the appropriate safety markings, there’s no guarantee it will cut out before overheating. That’s when you move from an inconvenience to a genuine fire hazard,” said Nichols.

And if you’re regularly relying on extension leads throughout your home, it might be worth getting a qualified electrician in to add more sockets.

When the trailer for the new Netflix comedy film Ladies First dropped, it quickly raised eyebrows, with some critics going as far as calling it “the worst movie trailer” the had “ever seen”.

And let’s just say the response isn’t any better now that the film has landed on streaming services, with a smattering of one- and two-star reviews.

Ladies First stars Sacha Baron Cohen as a chauvinistic CEO whose life is upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women.

Despite an all-star cast which includes Rosamund Pike, Fiona Shaw, Charles Dance and Emily Mortimer, the film is getting negative reviews across the board.

Critics are calling out the film’s subpar jokes, borderline-offensive gender politics and misuse of its talented British cast.

Here is what people are saying about Ladies First…

“In its attempt to become a one-stop shop for just about every form of nostalgia possible, Netflix has now decided to revive the dreadful British comedy of the 2000s.

The all-deciding algorithm has somehow deemed it necessary for a return to that cursed era with the release of Ladies First, a broad and chintzy new comedy that would have felt old hat even back then.

“It’s an excruciatingly unfunny high-concept thought experiment, imagining a world with flipped gender politics, that’s far too happy with itself and what it’s allegedly achieving to be passed off as just some charming throwback.”

“This a film that attempts to wring side-splitting laughter from the wacky, dystopian sight of, ho-ho, women taxi drivers, women paramedics and women changing tyres. Plus, equally hilarious are the scenes featuring, snicker snicker, men cooking, men hugging and men being interested in their children. Finger off the pulse? Just a bit.”

“A dated battle-of-the-sexes comedy […] at a time when laws change daily to restrict women’s bodily autonomy, protect men from accountability and reinstate antiquated values that benefit a few at the expense of the many, sexual politics can feel more regressive than ever.

“But as uneven a playing field as women may face against men in their lives, relationships and careers, Ladies First is a movie that seems like it’s made less for this moment than one a few generations ago.”

“This comic tale of an arrogant, sexist male executive who gets his comeuppance when he hits his head and wakes up to find himself in a world dominated by women hits every satirical note you’d expect but provides more knowing chuckles than genuine laughs.

“An almost ridiculously overqualified cast of notable British thespians does their best to elevate the material of this Netflix comedy directed by Thea Sharrock but it’s heavy lifting.”

“The easy feminism of winks and role reversals quickly wears thin. Most of the movie takes place in Damien’s head after all, and much of its lessons are about his growth. Why does that sound so familiar?”

“Sacha Baron Cohen is knocked unconscious early in Netflix comedy Ladies First, a film that only sometimes makes you wish the same for yourself.”

“Men and women both will find a number of alarming concepts in the gender-flipping comedy Ladies First not the least of which will be the idea of Sacha Baron Cohen as a romantic lead.

“He’s a terrific actor. Whether he has the animal magnetism to play opposite Rosamund Pike (who does?) strains credulity. But so does most of the movie.”

Ladies First is now streaming on Netflix.

New guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has been slammed by campaigners for being “exclusionary” and weakening wider LGBTQ+ protections.

The equalities watchdog has ruled that single-sex spaces, like changing rooms and toilets, can only be used on the basis of biological sex.

It states transgender people should instead use a third or a gender-neutral space.

It also warns that leaving the community without access to any services or facilities would be unlikely to be proportionate and could be discriminatory.

The EHRC’s delayed code of practice comes after the Supreme Court ruled that sex in the Equality Act refers to biological sex in 2025.

Councils, NHS trusts and businesses had postponed updating their policies on how to accommodate for single-sex spaces while waiting for the EHRC advice.

MPs and peers now have 40 days to raise their own concerns about the advice before it becomes statutory.

However, campaign groups have warned that this is a step backwards for LGBTQ+ rights.

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance director Alexandra Parmar-Yee said: “The law here is a mess, and clearly many businesses will just go gender neutral to avoid the headache, but the government risks pushing trans people yet further out of public life.

“This guidance is going to be a Section 28 moment for this Labour government, defining their legacy on LGBTQ+ rights.

“It’s the sort of trans rights policy we would expect from Trump’s America, and is worryingly similar to a US bathroom ban condemned by the UK foreign office in 2016.”

The second Trump administration has focused on restricting transgender rights, including attempts to block gender-affirming care and refusing federal funding for single-sex facilities that are not segregated by biological sex.

Parmar-Yee added: “While some language has been softened, the same exclusionary core remains.

“Treating trans people like this puts the UK outside the international human rights norm, and the right thing for Labour to do here would be to urgently legislate to clarify Parliament’s original intent for trans equality.”

Similarly, TransActual said: “The newly published EHRC Code of Practice leaves trans people in the UK today with less rights than they had prior to last year’s Supreme Court ruling.

“Not only does this new guidance fail to protect the rights and dignity of transgender people, but appears to have weakened protections for the LGBTQ+ community as a whole.

“Rather than engage with our community with respect, the government has instead withheld publishing its new Code of Practice until as late as possible.

“TransActual will continue to fight for equal access to public life for all trans people, and will publish our full thoughts on the new Code once we have had the time to properly scrutinise it – something that the government seems keen to avoid.”

The Women and Equalities Unit has been contacted for comment.

After announcing the guidance, women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said: “The Equality Act enshrines our rights in law so that people can live free from discrimination and harassment.

“Our focus has always been making sure organisations have clear, accessible guidance on how to implement the law.

“I thank the EHRC for their work updating the draft code of practice, and look forward to continuing to work with them to ensure people’s rights are upheld across our country.”

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