COMEDIAN and TV star Mark Lamarr has been charged with assaulting a woman and holding her prisoner in his home.

The Never Mind the Buzzcocks presenter, 51, was arrested after cops were alerted to neighbours’ reports of screams.

3 Mark Lamarr has been charged with assaulting a woman and holding her prisoner in his home

Lamarr spent a night in custody before being charged.

It is understood he has been barred from contacting the woman.

She has not been named but is believed to be an ex.

A neighbour in Chiswick, West London, said: “There were screams coming from the house. The next thing police turned up and carted him off in a van.

3 Mark Lamarr with Never Mind The Buzzcocks team captains Phil Jupitus, right, and the late Sean Hughes, left Credit: BBC

“Apparently she was a former girlfriend and he would not let her out of the house.”

The Met Police said: “Mark Lamarr, 51, was charged on Saturday September 1 with common assault and false imprisonment.

“He was released on conditional bail and will appear at Uxbridge magistrates court on October 2.”

Lamarr, born Mark Jones, shot to fame as host of The Word in the early 1990s, then worked as an outdoors presenter on Big Brother.

3 Lamaar will appear at Uxbridge magistrates court on October 2 Credit: Nick Obank - The Sun

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He was a team captain on comedy quiz Shooting Stars in the mid-1990s and hosted BBC2’s Buzzcocks for nine years, quitting in 2006.

He has since worked on radio, written film scripts and worked as a music producer.

The neighbour added: “He keeps a much lower profile these days and shuns the limelight.

“You often see him pottering around car boot sales.

“He is always pleasant enough and this unfortunate episode seems to be very out of character.”