Craig Charles

Craig Charles' wife Jackie rushed him to hospital when he worryingly lost the ability to grip his pen while hosting his BBC Radio 6 Music show on Wednesday ...

"So nearly 24 hours in the hospital and they still don't know what's wrong with me but at least I'm not dying yet," he said. "So we spent the night in the A&E in the triage department, me and Jackie on this little single hospital trolley got about an hour's kip until some guy came in screaming because he'd dislocated his shoulder," he said. He was asked to stay for an MRI scan so he had to stay in overnight - but the hospital had no spare beds. He then spent five hours in the waiting room and said: "This is no disrespect or no criticism of Wythenshawe Hospital they were brilliant, they were professional, they were caring, they were dedicated. Craig was urged by his colleagues to go to hospital but he soldiered on and it wasn't until his wife Jackie picked him up in the car after work that she insisted they go straight to A&E at Wythenshawe Hospital. "I had a pain in the right side of me shoulder going up my neck and into the back of my head.

Actor Craig Charles, 58, experienced shooting pains up his shoulder and neck and was unable to hold a pen during his show.

"They gave me an instant ECG to make sure that my heart was fine and all that," Craig added. The Red Dwarf actor spent 24 hours in hospital undergoing various scans and tests, and underwent an ECG to check for heart problems before getting the all clear. Craig recounted the incident: “My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling. [Coronation Street ](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/coronation-street)actor, 58, experienced shooting pains up his shoulder and neck and was unable to hold a pen during his show. "So nearly 24 hours in the hospital and they still don't know what's wrong with me but at least I'm not dying yet," he said. He was asked to stay for an MRI scan so he had to stay in overnight - but the hospital had no spare beds.

He said: "My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling. I had a pain in the right side of me shoulder going up my neck and into the back of my ...

Craig said the CT scan came back all clear with "nothing wrong with the brain and the blood flows going quite nicely from my neck up into my head so I'm fine". It's just they're understaffed and they're overworked so they called me in at sort of quarter to ten at night and said you'll have to have a CT scan." He was given an ECG test straight away to rule out any heart problems and then spent 24 hours in hospital undergoing various scans and tests. He said: "My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling. They then spent five hours in the waiting room. [Craig Charles ](https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/celebs-tv/popular-channel-4-gameshow-axed-8280064)was rushed to hospital after he fell ill while hosting a [BBC music show.](https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/bbc-radio-2-legend-ken-8040637) The 58-year-old was presenting his regular afternoon slot on 6 Music when he felt a worrying tingling in his fingers and a pain in the right side of his shoulder.

The Red Dwarf actor was taken to health experts on Wednesday after feeling a tingling in his fingers while hosting his BBC 6Music show. Today's top videos.

I said, "Not really, but we'll get through the show",' he said. 'My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling. I had a pain in the right side of my shoulder going up my neck and into the back of my head.

The former Red Dwarf actor, 58, shockingly lost the use of his hands and failed to grasp a pen before being struck with pain.

[The former Red Dwarf actor](/tvshowbiz/article-1348939/Craig-Charles-confirms-Red-Dwarf-new-series.html), 58, shockingly lost the use of his hands due to a mystery ailment, and failing to grasp a pen before also being struck with pain. Illness: He told his listeners upon his return to the airwaves on Friday: 'My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling' It may come as a surprise to fans after the show proved to be a hit with viewers. The former Red Dwarf actor shockingly lost the use of his hands, failing to grasp a pen before being struck with pain He told his listeners upon his return to the airwaves on Friday: 'My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling,' [who has hosted the Funk and Soul show since 2002](/tvshowbiz/article-10066503/Craig-Charles-57-seen-time-revealing-Covid.html), soldiered on with the broadcast before wife Jackie rushed him to A&E later that night.

The radio host and Lloyd Mullaney actor, 58, was presenting his afternoon show on BBC 6 Music when he felt a tingling in his fingers. "My hands couldn't grip ...

"So nearly 24 hours in the hospital and they still don't know what's wrong with me but at least I'm not dying yet," he said. "My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling," he told listeners as he returned to his show this afternoon. "So we spent the night in the A&E in the triage department, me and Jackie on this little single hospital trolley got about an hour's kip until some guy came in screaming because he'd dislocated his shoulder," he said. The producer asked: 'Are you okay?' I said, 'Not really, but we'll get through the show." Revealing that his CT scan came back all clear with "nothing wrong with the brain and the blood flows going quite nicely from my neck up into my head so I'm fine", Craig revealed he was then asked to stay overnight at the hospital for an MRI scan, but the medical facility had no spare beds. "This is no disrespect or no criticism of Wythenshawe Hospital they were brilliant, they were professional, they were caring, they were dedicated," he later told his listeners

BBC Radio 6 presenter and star of Red Dwarf and Coronation Street, Craig Charles has shared he was rushed to hospital.

We got out the hospital just as Chris [Hawkins] was wrapping up my show yesterday, so nearly 24 hours in hospital and they still don't know what's wrong with me. Sharing: “When we were doing the show on Wednesday... [Coronation Street](http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/23166688.itvs-coronation-street-unveils-new-weatherfield-precinct-set/) star told listeners: “Now they gave me an instant ECG to make sure that my heart was fine and all that, and [said] 'go and wait in the waiting room and we'll call your name'. [Red Dwarf](http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/15519188.johnny-vegas-to-guest-star-as-policeman-in-red-dwarf/) added that production members on his show told him to stop and go to the hospital. However, Charles wanted to finish the show saying: “I was like 'No, no, no, we'll get through the show, we'll get through the show'". It comes after the DJ told listeners of BBC Radio 6 Music that he has missed a show after being admitted to hospital for 24 hours.

Craig Charles' wife Jackie rushed him to hospital when he worryingly lost the ability to grip his pen while hosting his BBC Radio 6 Music show on Wednesday ...

"So nearly 24 hours in the hospital and they still don't know what's wrong with me but at least I'm not dying yet," he said. He was asked to stay for an MRI scan so he had to stay in overnight - but the hospital had no spare beds. He then spent five hours in the waiting room and said: "This is no disrespect or no criticism of Wythenshawe Hospital they were brilliant, they were professional, they were caring, they were dedicated.

During his programme on Wednesday, he experienced tingling fingers and a pain in his head. “My hands couldn't grip the pen and my fingers were tingling,” he ...

“They gave me an instant ECG to make sure that my heart was fine and all that, and said ‘go and wait in the waiting room and we’ll call your name’,” he said. “My hands couldn’t grip the pen and my fingers were tingling,” he said. We got out the hospital just as Chris [Hawkins] was wrapping up my show yesterday, so nearly 24 hours in hospital and they still don’t know what’s wrong with me.