Kenton gets wet and wild

Spare a thought for the former BBC comedy guru turned independent producer Kenton Allen, who fell into the Round Pond in Hyde Park, central London, last week trying to keep his baby's buggy from slipping in. "Two years ago I was at the bloody Oscars. This year, scraping goose shit off my fingernails. That's (not) showbiz," Allen told Monkey. Still, at least he could expect some sympathy from his wife, the writer Imogen-Edwards Jones? Er, possibly not. "It was eye-wateringly, stomach-crampingly funny – he, of course, was LIVID! Which made it even more amusing," tweeted the author of Hotel Babylon. "He was SO CROSS no one was allowed to laugh for at least an hour! It was pathetic!! Skidding around like Bambi, up to his waist, a crowd of 'helpful people' try to get him out! I wet myself!" Fortunately the only thing that was hurt was Allen's pride.