EXPERTS have upgraded their estimates on rising sea levels, predicting they could submerge Ronnie Corbett within a decade.

The previous worst-case scenario involved sea water lapping around the chin of Taxi star Danny DeVito.

Now climate scientists are warning we face the loss of not only DeVito, but Holland, Norfolk and the golf-loving Scottish comedian and his famous chair.

Dr Tom Logan, of the Institute for Sea Level Studies, said: "The planet is now so damn hot we will almost certainly lose an entire generation of stars under 5' 6".

"Joe Pesci - Gone. Dustin Hoffman - Gone. That bloke who played the dwarf in Lord of the Rings - Gone."

Last year Close Encounters star Richard Dreyfuss paid $2 million for a pair of titanium stilts while the Jockey Club has demanded aqualungs for their horses.

Meanwhile the Institute has published a revised sea-level scale, beginning with R2D2 and rising through DeVito, Corbett, Tom Cruise and the average Welshman.

Dr Logan added: "At this stage we don't foresee any serious problems for Mel Gibson, though his nipples will get thoroughly soaked."

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