Call the Midwife star Miranda Hart will talk about her work in comedy and drama, with fellow actors Robert Lindsay, Rupert Everett and Hugh Dennis also making festival appearances.

BBC: Hans Blix, Miranda Hart and Carl Bernstein

With Darran Lindsay, William and Robert Dunlop, Stephen Thompson, John Burrows, Davy Morgan, Keith Amor, James McBride, Les Shand, Mark Parrett and Gary Carswell also among the entry the action promises to be fast and furious.

BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Motorbikes | Bike battle beckons

"It's stupid, " said Robert Lansdorp, who honed the strokes of Maria Sharapova and Lindsay Davenport.

WSJ: Is Tennis Getting Too Soft?

From Robert Downey Jr. to Courtney Love to the more recent Lindsay Lohan, underwriting companies have long been feasting on Hollywood's wayward.

FORBES: Star Insurance

Over the past year, the campaign was covered in the Western media and garnered the support of notables such as the French and Canadian prime ministers' wives as well as international film stars like Lindsay Lohan, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Robert Redford and Juliette Binoche.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The feminist deception

Robert Dunlop claimed the 125cc victory ahead of Nigel Moore and Darran Lindsay.

BBC: McWilliams out after 15 laps