Jonathan Dimbleby is the latest famous face to announce that he'll soon become a father at an advanced age. The Radio 4 broadcaster, aged 64, is expecting a child with his 32-year-old wife in July. But which other celebs have become dads while their mates are becoming grandpas?
Monty Python star Terry Jones also recently announced he was to become a father - at the tender age of 67 - with his 26-year-old partner Anna Soderstrom. He already has a 35-year-old daughter and 32-year-old son, who may think that he's a very naughty boy.
Sanatogen-snaffling superstar Rod Stewart swapped handbags and gladrags for nappy bags and snotrags when he became a dad for the seventh time at the age of 61. We doubt that the sleepless nights have left him feeling forever young.
When Paul McCartney settled down to write When I'm 64, he pictured a dotage spent pruning rosebushes and possibly grumbling about spending money on the grandkids. Instead, he's spending his mid-sixties chasing around the young daughter he had with Heather Mills.
"I'd like to father your children", whispered Michael Douglas, when he first bumped into Catherine Zeta-Jones. Several years and perhaps a few blue pills later, he got his wish – becoming a parent to Dylan and Carys when he was 56 and 59 respectively.
Tragedy struck for Bee Gee wife Dwina Gibb when it transpired that her husband Robin Gibb was going to become a dad again after dinging the domestic staff. Claire Yang, their housekeeper, gave birth to Snow Robin when the singer was 59. A furious Dwina allegedly continues to refuse to change any nappies.
"Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth", quoth Harry Potter's Dumbledore. One can't help feeling that the actor behind him, Sir Michael Gambon, would have done well to heed these words, as the 68-year-old became a father again in May 2007 - and apparently has another on the way.
David Jason had to spend a Saturday morning reorganising the bathroom cabinet after learning that he was to become a father at the age of 60. Out went the Dentugrip and in came the talc, just in time for daughter Sophie Mae to arrive in 2001.
In an attempt to add further knots to his tangled family bindweed, celebrated director Woody Allen married the adopted daughter of his ex-wife Mia Farrow when he was 62. They then adopted two children of their own, but you'll have to wait another 20 years to see which one he marries.
Sixty-five year old Rolling Stone Mick Jagger has done almost as many comebacks as he's spawned mini-Micks. His seventh, Lucas Maurice Morad Jagger, was born to him and supermodel Luciana Gimenez in May 1999. But will it be the last time he becomes a dad?