Bill Bailey's line dancing dog

One of the highlights of the first episode of the new run of E4's teen drama Skins is a cameo by Bill Bailey as Walter, the dad of character Maxxie, who is mad for country music and training his dog. So much so that he trains the dog to do country dancing with him. Ace. "He was a legend," says Mitch Hewer, who plays Maxxie. "He was so funny. He was having so much fun with the dog I think he wanted to take it home." Monkey is keeping various fingers and toes crossed that the country dancing dog makes an appearance as one of Bailey's panellists on the next series of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.