Saturday Magazine – August 24, 2019

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SATURDAY AUGUST 24, 2019

MY WEEKEND

Michelle Hardwick

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4 ANNE REID

On her role in Jane Austen’s

period drama Sanditon

6 MUST-SEE TV

Don’t miss these shows

8 THE GREAT BRITISH

BAKE OFF

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith

return for a new series

11 PEAKY BLINDERS

Cillian Murphy’s gangster

Tommy Shelby is now an MP

13 DAD’S ARMY

Stars recreate lost episodes

of the comedy classic

15 SINK OR SWIM

Celebrities take on

a channel swim challenge

16 SOAPS

18 MOVIES

21 SPORT

22 TV & RADIO GUIDE

52 FASHION

Keep it khaki

56 BEAUTY

Brow gels plus we test

the RevAir hair dryer

58 FOOD

With Aldo Zilli

63 PROPERTY

Riverside homes

64 GARDENS

With Alan Titchmarsh

66 TRAVEL

Explore Lisbon

68 CROSSWORD & STARS

69 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Kool and the Gang

70 LAST WORD

Actor Neil Dudgeon

Words by: Emma Jones Pictures: Getty Images Cover: Andrew Crowley / Camera Press

Editor-in-Chief Mel Brodie Associate Editors Kirsty Nutkins, Jennifer Rodger (TV) Art Director Steve Denham Art Editors Jason Gray (TV), Louise Robinson Designer Chloe Reeves

Deputy TV Features Editor Neil Batey TV Features Writer Tricia Martin Features Writer Kirsten Jones TV Critic Mike Ward TV Listings Judith Addleson, Marie Vagen

Deputy Production Editor Julia Ray Chief Sub Editors James Tute (TV), Jennie Wignall (Lifestyle) Supplements Picture Editor Karen Vowles Deputy Picture Editor Sara Lofthouse

Picture Researcher Maya Bedford Colour and image management Isidora O’Neill, Julianne Ingelson and Reach Image Quality Dept

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ctress Michelle Hardwick joined

the Emmerdale cast as Vanessa

Woodfield nearly seven years ago.

The 43 year old is now engaged to

Emmerdale’s producer Kate Brooks and

planning a low-key wedding for later this

year. They live in the countryside just outside

Leeds with their cavapoo dog Fred.

‘I love Friday nights because it’s TV time.

Kate and I will have a cheeky beer or a

gin and tonic, because we deserve it at

the end of the week and it’s our time.

I never learn lines on a Friday night,

even if I have a big day on Monday.

We generally stay in and watch a

series or a film; at the minute we’re

on the second series of Big Little

Lies and Back To Life.

‘When you have a dog you’re up

early, even on a Saturday. We get

chores done and then we might take

Fred for a long walk or go for a drive.

Afterwards we’ll do a big shop.

‘On a Saturday night, if we’re

not having friends over, we’ll put

YouTube on and have our own little

karaoke night with a few drinks,

which doesn’t always please Fred

but we amuse ourselves. It’s daft,

but we love it.

‘Kate is from a huge family, with

loads of nieces and nephews and

I absolutely adore them. She usually

goes up to Liverpool on a Sunday to

see them and if I don’t go with her, it’s

work mode for me and I learn lines.

‘If Kate’s here we don’t do a roast –

neither or us ever have because Kate

isn’t a big meat eater; if we have one

we usually go out for a carvery. My

mum makes a good one but hasn’t

done for ages. Luckily she’s retiring

soon so she might get back on that!’

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