Ex-EastEnders cockerney sparrer Michelle Ryan is getting into the Hollywood swing of things by toning up for her new, epoch-making role as The Bionic Woman in NBC’s remake. She told the Daily Express that she’s ditching the good old fashioned British diet of chocolate, chips and pizzas in favour of Tinsletown’s preferred egg white omelette and zero-calorie Battenberg cake regime. “Once I start training for the Bionic Woman role I’ll have to be very sensible and start eating healthily,” she says. “Everything in moderation, as they say… I’m sure I’ll get into the organic thing straight away. And I’ll feast on sushi, too.”

Does she really need to do this? She’s as fit as a fiddle anyway. Why is it, whenever anybody goes to Hollywood, they feel the need to feast on twigs and stuff? I would have thought that she’d need all the strength she can get – she’ll be up against Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer after all.