JOANNA LUMLEY

took steps to preserve her modesty while filming on a mirrored floor for a forthcoming ITV1 show about her birthplace, India. ‘Here is a little ante chamber with a mirrored floor — naughty old people could glance down here and see up your pants,’ she says while visiting the swish Hotel Udai Bilas Palace in Rajasthan. ‘Luckily, I have got trousers on today.’ How wise.