News: New Year Honours for Sitcom Stars Lesley Manville and Toby Jones

Detectorists star Toby Jones and Mum star Lesley Manville are among those honoured in the New Year's Honours List.

Manville is made a CBE for services to drama and charity. Her credits also include Phantom Thread and Another Year and she will play Princess Margaret in seasons five and six of Netflix series The Crown.

Toby Jones gets an OBE for his services to drama. He has appeared in The Hunger Games and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as well as the BBC's Bafta-winning comedy Detectorists and Don't Forget The Driver. He also starred in Uncle Vanya onstage this year pre-Covid-19, which is currently available on iPlayer.

Goodness Gracious Me star Nina Wadia is made an OBE for her services to entertainment and charity.

Sheila Hancock becomes a Dame. She said: "I've never felt myself this sort of person. It just doesn't happen to people like me. I feel I may be lowering the tone. I feel slightly miscast, let's put it that way."

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