If the results of Radio Times’ latest poll are anything to go by, men might actually descend from Mars and women may hail from Venus. The magazine’s quest to discover the nation’s favourite film sirens saw Ursula Andress top the list voted by men, with Audrey Hepburn triumphing in the women’s poll.

The actor Richard Todd, best remembered for his role as Wing Commander Guy Gibson in the classic 1955 wartime drama The Dam Busters, had died peacefully at his Lincolnshire home.