New Year Honours
The actor Johnny Briggs, 71, has received an MBE for services to drama in the New Year Honours list.
He played Coronation Street's womanising cockney Michael Baldwin for 30 years.
Actor and comedian Hugh Laurie is made an OBE and has been part of the British comedy establishment for over 20 years.
His career recently hit new heights after being cast as an American doctor in the US sitcom House.
T4 presenter June Sarpong has been awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting and charity.
"I'm thrilled, delighted and honoured," she said.
The 29-year-old is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust and a supporter of both the Samaritans and the Make Poverty History campaign.
She started out as a DJ for Kiss FM and got her TV break on MTV.
In 2001 she landed the job of presenting Channel 4's weekend strand T4 and currently co-hosts it with Steve Jones.
Last year she interviewed Tony Blair, spending 24 hours with him for a fly-on-the-wall documentary.
Her other TV shows have included Planet Pop and Your Face Or Mine.
Actress Penelope Keith has been made a CBE for her services to charity.
The 66-year-old remains best known for playing snooty neighbour Margo Leadbetter in 70s sitcom The Good Life.
She followed it up with another well-to-do role opposite Peter Bowles in To The Manor Born.
Her charity work includes presidency of the Actors' Benevolent Fund.
Keith began her acting career in repertory theatre and made her TV debut in a 1965 episode of Dixon of Dock Green, followed by an appearance in The Avengers. But early on she decided to concentrate on comedy.
"I was very tall and very plain - I wasn't going to get very far on looks - so I thought I'd better be the funny girl," she explained.
The Good Life made her a household name when it aired between 1975 and 1978, and earned her a Bafta.
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