Davina McCall sees double on Comedy Roast

Davina McCall sees double on Comedy Roast
Davina McCall sees double on Comedy Roast (Image credit: PA)

Davina McCall may have said goodbye to Big Brother but looks to have found her twin sister. The star came face to face with her doppelganger in an almost identical red frock and heels as she recorded a Channel 4 show to be screened on Friday night. Davina's lookalike was actually impressionist and actress Debra Stephenson who copied the presenter's toothy laugh to a tee. Debra is well-known for her mimicry of the TV host on BBC One's The Impressions Show. The pair came together as Davina recorded her Comedy Roast show in which comedy stars tease and celebrate a well-known guest each week. Debra was on hand to take part in a spoof of Davina's big money show The Million Pound Drop Live, which returns to C4 in a fortnight. Davina said "You're amazing, you've totally got it" as she met her mirror image. Jimmy Carr was among those who took part in the show, saying: "Tonight is about affectionately taking the mickey out of Davina McCall. "We wouldn't do it unless we loved her - or unless we thought we could get away with it." Former Big Brother contestants including Nikki Grahame, Brian Belo, Brian Dowling and Sam Pepper also turned up for the show. Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles mocked her at length for dating guitar guru Eric Clapton while she was in her early 20s. But he added: "You are beautiful, talented, funny and sexy and I feel honoured to call you a great friend and I love you very much." Davina McCall: A Comedy Roast is to be screened by Channel 4 on Friday at 9pm.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.