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Actor Sir Ian Mckellan was among the first Britons to receive Covid-19 vaccine.

@ianmckellan wrote: “I feel very lucky to have had the vaccine. I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone.”

@sigur_kalm replied: “I hope the nurse waved the syringe, while exclaiming ‘You shall not pass!’ "

@Rexchapman wrote: “If the Covid vaccine is safe for Sir Ian Mckellen (aka Gandalf ) then it’s safe enough for me...”

@char103 tweeted: “The fact I haven't gotten one symptom means my immune system is doing fine.”

@Roy_astro replied: “Over 80% of people infected show zero symptoms. These are also usually the people responsible for silent super spreader events.”

@momaisy said: “I've managed to live 50 years relying on my immune system. Have we forgotten how the human body works!”

@Markmobile68 replied: “Phew! I'm so relieved by your tweet. Here was me thinking viruses killed people. Thanks for the reassurance, professor.”

@Jennybutler95 wrote: “My 93-year-old grandma is having hers on Saturday. She's been alone for most of this year – and her second jab is next month – but I'm so happy for her.”

#mrsbrownsboys Marmite sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys will air until at least 2026 under a new deal signed between the BBC and creator Brendan O’carroll.

@vinshakar asked: “Am I alone in thinking Mrs Brown's Boys isn't funny?”

@steven263 wrote: “Could this year get any worse?”

@smolrobots wrote: “When all else is blasted wasteland, when wolves pick clean the bones of the last humans, when the sky is stained red by the fires of civilisation's death throes… there will still be Mrs Brown's Boys. A fitting legacy for our awful, wasteful species.”

@deebeeinthesky wrote: “Controversial, but I'm fine to indifferent with Mrs Brown's Boys.”

@visdevandbonsai got philosophical: “Mrs Brown’s Boys is the repetitive right jab that accompanies the Tories’ left hook of austerity.”

@Nickholmes4 asked: “Are they showing repeats of Dick Emery and Benny Hill? How about On the Buses and Love thy Neighbour just to complete the set of tasteless 1970s humour? Just because Brexit is taking us back 40 years, doesn’t mean TV has to go there.”