Saturday Magazine – July 20, 2019

(Jacob Rumans) #1

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WHAT NOT TO MISS OUT ON THIS WEEK


Every day around 600,000 people are in the sky above
our heads and earlier this year a record 9,000 planes flew
over UK airspace in just one day.This three-part series
sees Peter Snow, Andi Peters and Zoe Laughlin delve
into the aviation world. At sites across the country, they’ll
spot as many different kinds of plane as possible. There’ll
be short films about jet-restoration projects, personal
stories and images sent in by viewers.

Vicky McClure is adamant
that her new one-hour,
one-off drama is not
autobiographical. The
Line of Duty actress
plays Nicola, whose
dysfunctional relationship
with Adam (Perry
Fitzpatrick) is unravelling
thanks to his demons and
coercive nature.
‘It’s not a copy of
what’s happened to me,
though it’s got elements
of past relationships
where there have been
issues of trust, jealousy
or feeling controlled.’
Vicky, 36, was
approached to do this
film by writer Dominic
Savage, who is
teaming up with three
actresses on separate
stories (Samantha
Morton and Gemma
Chan are the others).

THE AIR UP THERE...
■ When two £50m V-22 Osprey helijets
thundered over the River Thames in May
2016, many Londoners thought the city
was under attack.
■ Planespotters saw the ‘smiley-faced’
Airbus Beluga XL fly to our shores for the
first time on Valentine’s Day this year.
■ RAF Brize Norton is the best place
to spot military aircraft. Watch out
for the ginormous C-130 Hercules
transport plane.

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PLANE SPOTTING
LIVE Tue-Thurs
8pm BBC

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ntrepid adventurer Steve
Backshall’s been on a voyage of
discovery, to create a unique
co-production for the BBC and Dave.
He’s ventured into uncharted territory
in pursuit of new discoveries and
world firsts, taking on extreme

The
film was
improvised, shot
over 10 days in a
real house, with
cameras hidden to
capture Vicky and
Perry’s every
move.

Zoe Laughlin
co-pilots the show
with Andi Peters
and Peter Snow

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