Dame Judi Dench fights back tears as Jay Blades opens up on personal struggle

Dame Judi Dench was left 'fighting back tears' after emotional moment (Image: Channel 4) Dame Judi Dench was left fighting back tears as she shared a heart-warming moment with Jay Blades after he opened up on a personal struggle. The legendary actress, 89, and TV host Jay, 54, first met three years ago, when Judi appeared on The Repair Shop in the hope that the restorers could fix a pocket watch that belonged to her late husband. Since then the pair have gone on to become good friends.

They returned to our TV screens on Sunday night for a special one-off documentary titled The Odd Couple. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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