Miranda Hart is making her long-awaited television return on one of reality TV’s toughest and most demanding programmes.

However, the comedian has acknowledged that appearing on Celebrity Traitors could place a significant strain on her body as she continues to manage the “invisible” symptoms of ME.

The 53-year-old revealed in her 2024 autobiography that Lyme disease, which later developed into myalgic encephalomyelitis, left her “bedbound and without joy”.

Now, Hart says she has reached a stage in her recovery where she feels ready to work again, viewing Celebrity Traitors as an ideal chance to return to the screen.

“I haven’t done much TV work for a long time, having only recently come out of long-term ill health issues, and when I was offered this, my whole body sort of relaxed, I smiled, and I just wanted to jump about like a schoolgirl with joy,” she said.

Speaking to the BBC before entering the show’s famous Scottish castle, Hart said she still deals with the fatigue and pain associated with her chronic condition.

“I’m still living with elements of ME, and that brings fatigue and pain to manage, but I have come to a point where I feel well enough to step out, and that’s also partly why I’m doing this,” she explained.

“The joy of mucking about on television again will hopefully outweigh some of the challenges. And I think it will be challenging on my body, so it’ll be interesting, and it’ll take some courage as this is a big next step.”

“When you live with a chronic illness, it’s invisible, so people don’t know that you’re sitting there in pain. But then it reminds you that everybody’s got their thing.”

“So, I’m also really looking forward to making friends and looking after each other and hopefully they can carry me up a hill or whatever we’re going to have to do!”

Doctors took 33 years to identify the Lyme disease infection Hart had been battling. She was initially misdiagnosed with agoraphobia, an anxiety disorder that can cause distress in unfamiliar situations.

She was later diagnosed with ME, also called chronic fatigue syndrome, a long-term condition associated with debilitating tiredness that is not relieved by rest.

After becoming a household name through her 2009 BBC series Miranda, Hart has largely stayed away from the spotlight in recent years. Her television appearances have mainly been limited to chat-show guest spots and Comic Relief.

Hart also revealed that fans have dared her to “gallop” through the castle, referencing the instantly recognisable trademark of her much-loved sitcom character.

“When someone said on Instagram, ‘Oh, I hope you gallop in the castle,’ I foolishly replied, ‘Right, I now take that as a dare.’ So that was idiotic of me,” she said.

“I will have to at some point gallop down a corridor. I’ll gallop when no one’s watching… or who would be the best person to encourage to gallop? I don’t know. I mean, Kenny probably doesn’t even know who I am. So, if I could get him to gallop… I could get a new generation galloping.”

Hart was accompanied in Scotland during filming of the hit BBC series by her rarely seen husband, Richard Fairs, 60.

The couple, who tied the knot in October 2024, landed at Inverness airport in a private jet.

Joining Miranda and host Claudia Winkleman in the Scottish Highlands are Amol Rajan, Bella Ramsey, James Acaster, James Blunt, Jerry Hall, Joanne McNally, Joe Lycett, Julie Hesmondhalgh, King Kenny and Leigh-Anne Pinnock.

Maya Jama, Michael Sheen, Myha’la, Professor Hannah Fry, Richard E Grant, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Ross Kemp, Sebastian Croft and Sharon Rooney complete the line-up.

They will play the ultimate game of detection, trust and betrayal in the hope of winning a cash prize up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.

The Celebrity Traitors starts on Thursday, October 1 at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Spectators let out screams when an enraged, half-tonne bull launched itself towards the crowd at a Spanish arena.

The six-year-old animal, named Malacara, had been provoked by matadors when it suddenly turned and charged at one of the performers.

As the matador pressed himself against the wooden barrier, the bull swerved left, cleared the safety fence and burst into the spectator area.

Video captured the 508kg bull hurtling towards horrified people in the front row, including a spectator who was recording the unfolding chaos.

The spectators escaped injury only because a concrete wall stood in front of them at the Plaza de Toros de Murcia in Murcia, Spain, on September 20.

Juan Perez, a shocked visitor seated several rows back, said: ‘I saw it with my own eyes, the bull jumping over the fence into the crowd.

‘The animal was completely out of control. It was incredibly fortunate that nobody was hurt. There were women sitting in those seats, and they came dangerously close to being gored by the bull’s horns.’

The footage shows the bull racing along the edge of the ring after landing among the spectators.

Officials eventually guided him back onto the sand so the bout could continue. The bull was later killed, in keeping with the local tradition.

An official said: ‘The bullfighter, Duarte Fernandes, used a killing lance, the rejon de muerte, before a verduguillo, a short sword, was used to deliver the final blow. This was needed to finish the bull.

‘The crowd called for the bullfighter to be given an ear, but the presiding judge refused. Fernandes was awarded an ovation instead.’

According to the plaza’s official report, Malacara was the sixth and final bull of the afternoon at the mounted bullfight that brought the Murcia Bullfighting Fair to a close.

Officials also reported that Malacara had twice jumped into the exit alley during the same event.

The bull came from the Los Espartales ranch and had been assigned to Portuguese mounted bullfighter, known as a rejoneador, Duarte Fernandes.

The dramatic escape was not the only recent incident in which a bull has entered a spectator area.

In July, four spectators suffered serious injuries after a rampaging bull leapt into the crowd during a bullfight at a festival in Colombia.

The rampage took place at a ‘Corraleja’ event, a traditional bull festival where the animal is released into the ring and members of the public can dangerously tease it. 

Video footage showed the bull seconds after it was released chasing people in the ring before it jumped over a tall red fence and into a large crowd.

Cheers of excitement quickly turned into screams of panic as people fled the stands, with some even jumping into the ring to escape.

One woman was hit and trampled by the bull as she tried to run away around the stand.

A fearless man then grabbed the bull by the tail, allowing others to quickly escape.

Bizarrely, as the carnage unfolds, a matador calmly walks across the bullring brandishing his red cape in an apparent attempt to get the bull’s attention.

Republican Senate hopefuls Mike Rogers of Michigan and Ashley Hinson of Iowa on Monday urged an immediate end to the war in Iran while outlining proposals they said could help reduce fuel prices in the short term.

“The war with Iran needs to end and end quickly,” Rogers said in a video. He added that energy prices would drop sharply once the conflict ends, but said Michigan families need relief before then.

Rogers proposed temporarily stopping U.S. diesel exports, saying the move would keep more fuel available for farmers and truck drivers at home.

“Diesel fuels the trucks that bring groceries to the store. It fuels the tractors that grow our food,” he said. “And when diesel costs more, it costs more to grow it, ship it, stock it, and ultimately buy it.”

Rogers also renewed his call to suspend state and federal gasoline taxes, which he said would save drivers “seventy cents a gallon.”

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Hinson backed the same two measures—suspending the gas tax and pausing diesel exports. She also called for broader use of E15 fuel, restoring the $1-per-gallon biodiesel tax credit and establishing a diesel relief program for farmers and truckers.

“Iowans are being squeezed and shouldn’t have to foot the bill at the pump or the checkout line for the war in Iran,” Hinson wrote on X. “We need to use every option at our disposal to provide some relief from high prices.”

Hinson said the federal Highway Trust Fund should be replenished if the gas tax is suspended, ensuring that Iowa’s roads and bridges do not lose funding.

“These actions to lower costs are needed ASAP, and the war needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end,” she wrote.

California officials have agreed to settle lawsuits aimed at blocking Paramount’s $81 billion merger with Warner Bros., prompting celebrities to condemn the deal as a “huge win for Trump.”

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who led the legal challenge alongside 11 other state attorneys general, and the Writers Guild of America reached agreements Monday. The settlements effectively clear a major obstacle to the billion-dollar merger.

The decision sparked an immediate backlash in Hollywood. Marvel actor Mark Ruffalo, a frequent and outspoken voice on political issues, criticized Governor Gavin Newsom over the settlement in a post on X.

“Gavin Newsom hands huge win to Trump and his billionaire cronies,” Ruffalo wrote while responding to a statement from Alvaro Bedoya, a senior adviser at the American Economic Liberties Project and former Federal Trade Commission commissioner.

“Today, billionaires have yet again bribed, censored, and bullied their way to the top,” Bedoya said. “Layoffs will follow. People from L.A. to Atlanta will lose their jobs, small businesses will lose their contracts, your cable bill and movie ticket will be even more expensive.”

Political concerns have followed Paramount’s pursuit of Warner Bros. for months, particularly because of the relationship between the family of Paramount CEO David Ellison and President Donald Trump.

Ruffalo had previously urged Bonta to continue fighting the merger rather than settle the lawsuit.

“Don’t you dare … do not cave. 5,670 film makers put their necks on the line for you to fight this merger. Another 75,000+ and counting have signed to tell you not to concede in just 3 weeks,” Ruffalo said.

The actor also warned that Bonta’s constituents would “be hurt if you let this lousy deal filled with empty promises go forward.”

The merger would bring several major news networks under the same corporate umbrella, including CNN, which the Republican administration barred from the White House over what Trump described as unfavorable coverage.

Newsom, however, portrayed the agreement as a victory for workers and California’s creative economy.

“It protects California jobs while putting a safeguard in place to help preserve editorial independence for two of America’s most important news organizations,” the governor said.

Under the terms announced Monday, Paramount pledged to expand film production in the United States, contribute millions of dollars to a fund for workers displaced by the merger and establish new oversight of editorial independence within the company’s news operations.

The settlement must still receive final approval from a judge.

Ellison welcomed the agreements with the states and the Writers Guild of America, saying Monday that they provided “complete clearance” for Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. He again argued that the combination would “build a stronger Hollywood.”

Critics, meanwhile, denounced the settlement as inadequate and accused the state attorneys general of yielding to corporate pressure. Many had viewed the lawsuit as the final significant barrier preventing a combined Paramount-Warner from becoming reality.

Negotiations remained contentious for months. Even after the companies announced additional remedies Monday, Bonta and the other state prosecutors involved in the case said they still believed Paramount and Warner Bros. should not merge.

The coalition of states – which, beyond California, also includes entertainment heavyweight New York – sued to block the merger in July, alleging it would ‘extinguish competition’ and lead to fewer choices for consumers, particularly movie theatergoers and cable customers. 

In Monday’s agreement, the states said they had secured a handful of ‘court enforceable’ commitments from Paramount – including pledges to increase domestic film production over the next five years by spending at least an additional $1.5 billion, or $300 million per year, and commit another $47.5 million to help fund training and career development for workers displaced by the merger. 

Paramount also must make good on its promise to release 30 films each year for the next two years and 32 films in each of the three years after that. 

If it fails to do so, the states say it will be required to divest from Miramax Studios and pay $30 million for each missed film toward health care and retirement trust funds associated with the Writers Guild of America and other industry unions.

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When it comes to cable, Monday’s settlement orders the company to negotiate deals for current Paramount-owned and Warner-owned basic channels separately for the next five years, which the states say will help keep consumer prices down. 

The company must also form a ‘News Editorial Independence Board’ monitoring news operations at CBS and CNN.

Bonta said in a news conference in Los Angeles the settlement was about ‘protecting people’s careers, the lives they’ve built here in California, the livelihoods their families rely on,’ while maintaining it was not a vote for the merger.

The Writers Guild of America, which filed its own lawsuit in July challenging the merger on the grounds it specifically harms Hollywood writers, separately confirmed that it also settled its case – concluding that it couldn’t continue its legal fight alone.

‘We continue to believe the merger will cause damage to writers and the industry at large,’ the WGA said in a statement. The union maintained that as a nonprofit ‘with no backing from government enforcers,’ the complex litigation would have cost millions of dollars.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who helped secure Paramount’s commitment to put $17.5 million in the Writers Guild health care fund, said she will monitor the company’s activities ‘to ensure they are following this agreement and the law.’ 

The settlement comes after mounting fears that the iconic movie studio would move out if the lawsuit could not reach an agreement – costing thousands of jobs and serving the state a huge economic blow. 

Paramount previously agreed to delay its transaction well into next year so the challenges could make their way through court. But it soon called for a settlement – notably as it looked increasingly likely that the price tag for Warner could get a lot more expensive. 

Paramount had promised to pay shareholders ‘ticking’ fee compensation amounting to $7 million each day the deal was not closed past Sept. 30.

Including billions of dollars in debt, Paramount’s buyout of Warner is currently valued at about $111 billion based on outstanding shares.

Over the weekend, a handful of lawmakers, including Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, urged the states to keep up their fight. 

Other critics decried the deal Monday while warning what further consolidation could mean in an industry controlled by just a few major players. 

In a statement Monday, Ellison said that the newly combined company would be based in Los Angeles.

‘We aren’t going anywhere. Our history is here and this is where our future is being built,’ he said.

Paramount never publicly commented on a potential move from California, and Monday’s settlement doesn’t specify that its headquarters stay in the state. But over the summer, Tennessee officials wrote Ellison a letter encouraging Paramount to relocate there.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, whose state was among those filing suit, said his main goal had been to protect the editorial independence of CNN and CBS News and that he wanted to see a full divestiture of the two news organizations.

A week ago, Tong said, Paramount refused to agree to any editorial independence for the news outlets.

‘We wanted to save ethical and independent journalism and news,’ he said in a statement.

Tong and others stressed that it was an uphill battle after the Trump administration decided against intervening. In June, the US Justice Department released a lengthy statement supporting the merger.

‘The complete abdication of the federal government’s enforcement role in this fight left states with one arm tied behind our backs,’ Tong said.

The Daily Mail reached out to Governor Newsom’s Office, Paramount, Warner Bros, The Writers Guild of America, State Attorney General Rob Bonta and Mark Ruffalo’s management team for comment. 

Beauty entrepreneurs Bobbi Brown and Molly Sims have become caught up in a public dispute over the name of a makeup product.

Sims, the founder of YISE Beauty, addressed the controversy on her personal Instagram account Saturday.

In March 2024, Sims introduced YISE Beauty’s $68 Wide Awake Concealer.

Then, last week, Jones Road Beauty, Bobbi Brown’s no-makeup makeup brand, launched a $32 Wide Awake Brightening Concealer.

In an emotional video, Sims said: ‘I don’t normally post stuff like this, but over the last few days, friends, customers, brand partners and retail partners have DM’d, texted and emailed me to say that a brand I love, use and support not only used the exact name of a product I launched two years ago, but that its marketing copy and campaign also feel a little too close to home.’

‘I launched Wide Awake two-plus years ago,’ she continued.

‘It’s one of my best-selling products, and I worked on it for years…’

‘I can’t explain how disappointed — honestly, sad and hurt — I am to see this from another female founder I’ve known for years and looked up to in this industry.’

Sims described her five-person marketing operation as ‘small but mighty,’ saying: ‘We have tiny budgets. We are incredibly scrappy.’

She added defiantly: ‘There is room for all of us. All of us. There is room for more women to build great brands, create great products and have great ideas of their own.’

‘We should be inspiring each other, not taking from each other.’

‘As a mom of three, like I tell my kids all the time, I’m not mad at you, but gosh, I am incredibly disappointed,’ she concluded.

In the caption accompanying the post, which has received more than 19,000 likes, Sims wrote: ‘This isn’t about a name. It’s about ideas and the work that goes into bringing something to life. I’m not mad. I’m just incredibly disappointed.’

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Sims did not directly name Jones Road Beauty in the post.

However, Brown responded to Sims from her own personal account shortly afterward.

She wrote: ‘Last week, the Jones Beauty team and I launched Wide Awake neutralizer and concealer.’

‘We didn’t realize Molly Sims had a product with the same name in her YISE Beauty collection. This was a mistake. Before our launch, a trademark search showed no other ownership of the name.’

The statement continued: ‘However, we’re changing our product name moving forward, and will no longer call it Wide Awake. I would never knowingly copy another product’s name. 

‘To Molly Sims and her team at YISE, I’m sorry this happened, and we’re taking steps to correct it.’

At the time of writing, Jones Road Beauty’s Wide Awake Brightening Concealer remains available for purchase. 

The new product name has yet to be revealed. 

Bobbi Brown has since told the Daily Mail: ‘When we launched our new neutralizer and concealer last week, we didn’t realize YISE had a product called Wide Awake, and the trademark search we do before every new product launch didn’t reveal any ownership of the name.

‘Regardless, I have great respect for Molly, YISE, and all my fellow beauty founders, and I would never want to copy another product’s name. So we’re doing the right thing and changing the product name moving forward.’

The Daily Mail has also contacted YISE Beauty for further comment.