ACTOR Mark Gatiss plays the late Generation Game host Larry Grayson in Nolly,

ITV’s upcoming show about actress Noele Gordon, starring Helena Bonham Carter. Grayson and Gordon were best friends in real life and Gatiss, who played Mycroft to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, said it was a ‘thrill and an honour’ to bring the ‘gay icon’ to life on screen.

Gatiss recalled how Grayson could ‘just look down his nose at someone and bring the house down. ‘Some of his bits were just brilliant and absolutely filthy, but Saturday night audiences lapped it up.’ He added: ‘I had a set of false teeth. And then I got a wig. And then the rest is the speech. Oh, and the glasses on the chain are imperative.’ Nolly will be screened on ITVX next month.