Saturday Magazine – August 10, 2019

Contents

SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 2019

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4 DEEP WATER

Anna Friel’s new drama

6 MUST-SEE TV

8 ANIMAL RESCUE LIVE:

SUPERVET SPECIAL

With Noel Fitzpatrick,

Steve Jones and

Kate Quilton

11 INTERIOR DESIGN

MASTERS

Fearne Cotton is on

the hunt for a star

13 KATHY BURKE:

ALL WOMAN

Hilarious highs and

lows of being female

15 KICK OFF

Two top new footie

shows on Amazon Prime

16 SOAPS

18 MOVIES

21 SPORT

22 TV & RADIO GUIDE

52 FASHION

Totally tropical prints

56 BEAUTY

The best after suns

58 FOOD

With Aldo Zilli

63 PROPERTY

Homes by the sea

65 GARDENS

With Alan Titchmarsh

66 TRAVEL

Explore Corsica

68 CROSSWORD & STARS

69 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

DJ Pat Sharp

70 LAST WORD

Romesh Ranganathan

Words by: Lara Kilner Pictures: Mirrorpix Cover: PA Images

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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Frank Skinner

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rank’s been part of the British comedy

landscape for decades, famed for

penning the Three Lions anthem and

his work with fellow comedian David

Baddiel. The 62 year old lives in London with

his partner Cath and young son Buzz.

‘I rarely go out on a Friday evening because

I have to get up early on a Saturday morning

to host my Absolute Radio show, so me and my

partner Cath watch telly until about 9.30pm and

then I go to bed. We always have a series we

get completely hooked on – at the moment it’s

The Thatcher Years. We never get a takeout

as Cath only really eats boiled vegetables

and I don’t think there’s a takeaway that

does that... And I don’t eat meat on

a Friday so I’ll be on the taramasalata.

I don’t drink, smoke or do drugs, but

I do wonder if I’m eating a borderline

unsafe amount of taramasalata.

‘On Saturday I get up and do the radio

show and then when the summer comes and

we can get on the lawn, we socialise. We had

15 people over last weekend, and we usually

get some small people in the mix so my son

Buzz isn’t just surrounded by people telling

him how big he’s got and asking how he’s

getting on at school because he’s been asked

10,000 times before and all he says is “good”.

‘Sometimes if we can get a babysitter

we’ll go to a weird gig in the evening. Cath and

I both like what some people would regard as

strange bands like My Bloody Valentine or Dead

Can Dance – we both like music that sounds

like someone building a shed.

‘I take Buzz to cricket practice for two hours

on a Sunday morning. There’s no Sunday roast,

though I might occasionally eat some packets of

sliced beef. Me and Cath haven’t eaten the same

meal more than 10 times in the 19 years we’ve

been together. She bought a pollution monitor and

discovered that when we put the gas cooker on

we go slightly post-Chernobyl in the living room,

so we eat a lot of cold cuts. Then I go to Mass in

the evening because I’m a good Catholic boy.’

Frank Skinner Live will run at Assembly George

Square in Edinburgh until August 18. Frank’s

new tour Showbiz runs from September 12 to

December 11. For tickets, visit frankskinnerlive.com.

‘Cath and

I both like

music that

sounds like

someone

building a

shed...’