Danny Dyer ‘rapped over the knuckles’ on first day at surprising new job

DANNY DYER landed the most unlikely job of his career – as a teacher.

I can reveal his latest role isn’t even being filmed, as he has been giving advice to a class of performing arts students at a school.

One of the pupils happens to be his daughter Sunnie – who he has tipped to follow him into acting.

But it has not been plain sailing for the former EastEnders actor, as he has already been told off for his bad language.

Danny said: “I did swear a lot in the lessons.” Also, some of the students did not complete the task he set.

He added: “Hardly any of them learned their f***ing lines.

“I said to them, if you want to be an actor, you’ve got to learn lines. It’s the most f***ing basic thing.”

Asked on the Live And Let Dyers’ podcast if he would like the job full-time, he said: “Let’s not go too far.

“I’m not exactly ‘Good morning Mr Dyer’ and all that caper.”

MALCOLM In The Middle is being revived to mark its 25th anniversary. 

Cast members Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek will return to the family comedy for a four-episode run on Disney+. 

The original show ran for seven series before ending in 2006.

BEDTIME FOR IDRIS AND KYLIE

ACTION hero Idris Elba will return in his role as a sleep-time saviour for CBeebies Bedtime Story.

He was one of the first celebrities to read a tale for the night-time slot in 2017.

Now he will lead the festive line-up, which also features Kylie Minogue.

The Aussie pop singer will appear on Christmas Day.

Other famous faces who will grace the big red chair are children’s TV favourite Justin Fletcher, comic Mo Gilligan, pop star Perrie Edwards, Happy Valley actor James Norton and wrestler Cody Rhodes.

Idris kicks things off on Saturday, when he reads Hedgehog’s Big Balloon by Nick Butterworth.

On Christmas Day, Kylie has The Australian 12 Days of Christmas by Michael Salmon – complete with 12 possums playing, 11 lizards leaping,  and a kookaburra in a gum tree.

ROWAN ATKINSON will be back on the box with Man Vs Baby, after his success with Man Vs Bee.

The comedy great returns as stressed-out Trevor Bingley, who finds himself with another unwelcome companion.

Production has started on the four-parter which airs on Netflix next year.

TRIBUTE TO DAVID CLASSIC

THE BBC will mark the 50th anniversary of Sir David Attenborough's landmark production Life On Earth with a triumphant special.

The 1979 series set the template for modern natural history programmes.

The corporation’s natural history unit has already begun work on Life On Earth At 50 and is “optimistic” that Sir David, now 98, can be involved.

He no longer films on location but still narrates series, such as recent hit Asia.

A BBC source told Deadline: “Life On Earth was a pivotal series in global natural history filmmaking, so naturally the BBC will be marking this anniversary.”

Life On Earth featured the now-iconic scenes of Sir David sitting among a group of mountain gorillas.

RESUME LOTUS POSITION

SKY has announced its release date for the third series of The White Lotus, one of 2025’s the most eagerly anticipated dramas.

The first two series of the black comedy, which were released in 2021 and 2022, received huge acclaim.

Now the new eight-parter will drop on February 17 with creator, director and writer Mike White returning to take the reins.

Familiar names in the cast include Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Aimee Lou Wood.

The first outings were set in the tropical climates of Hawaii and Sicily, but the action now moves to an exclusive resort in Thailand.