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The 2018 adaptation of William
Makepeace Thackeray’s Regency-set novel
starred Olivia Cooke as social climber
Becky Sharp. An all-star cast included
Tom Bateman as soldier Rawdon Crawley,
Martin Clunes as Sir Pitt Crawley and
Frances de la Tour as Lady Matilda Crawley.
Fans of Regency dramas
won’t want to miss this
upcoming Netflix series,
which is currently in production. Based on Julia Quinn’s
best-selling novels, the drama is set in London’s high
society and centres on the eight close-knit siblings
of the Bridgerton family. It’s produced by Scandal’s
Shonda Rhimes, while Dame Julie Andrews voices
sharp-tongued narrator Lady Whistledown.
Vanity Fair on ITV
Bridgerton on Netflix
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Now aged 50,
the twins are
working on a
new album
Brothers
in arms
This week on TV
Matt and Luke Gossreunite for a special
night of Bros-themed fun on BBC
Bros: After the Screaming Stops
became the surprise highlight of
last Winter’s TV schedule as the
music documentary charted the
rise and fall of Matt and Luke Goss
- the twin brothers behind 1980s
pop band Bros – as they reunited
for two shows in London.
Among the
unintentionally
hilarious
moments was
Matt’s analysis
of the pair’s
relationship:
‘He’s a rectangle.
I am a rectangle.
Together we are
a square... That’s
a fortress.’
HOSTS WITH THE MOST
This week, there’s another chance
to see the documentary as Bros
stage a takeover of BBC4 for one
night only. The duo will also be
presenting music and interviews, as
well as programming celebrating
some of their musical influences.
Luke admits he was ‘utterly
blown away’ by the positive reaction
to their own documentary, which
was described by one critic as,
‘Spinal Tap meets Smash Hits.’
‘We didn’t want to make a
promotional piece saying, “Look
how fabulous we are,”’ adds Matt.
‘Those documentaries irritate me’.
The documentary also made the
pair reassess their relationship. ‘It’s
easy to look at it as just me and Matt
arguing, but it ended up building
so many bridges between us,’ says
Luke. ‘I had no idea it would be like
therapy, but it helped us
communicate again.’
Now, after being
catapulted back into
the spotlight, the
brothers’ future
plans include
a new album,
while Matt has
co-written the
score for a musical
adaptation of
1970s drama Upstairs
Downstairs, which he hopes
to bring to London’s West End.
Meanwhile, fans are demanding
a follow-up to After the Screaming
Stops – but will they get one?
‘It would have to be an entirely
different kind of film... not just
another fly-on-the-wall,’ says Luke.
Matt, on the other hand, seems
keener: ‘The film only touched the
tip of the iceberg of our lives – we’ll
definitely do another one!’
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ON CHILDHOOD
‘The best toy we had growing up
was a dart. No dartboard,
just a dart’ – Matt
ON HEROES
‘One of my songs is
We’re All Kings, which is
about a man sweeping
the road. He’s one of my
kings because I’m thankful I
don’t have to sweep the road’ – Matt
ON GAMES
‘Please can we start a petition as
Bros for this ridiculous thing where
you can’t even play conkers – you
have to wear goggles. That is
the biggest problem, you
can’t play conkers in
England’ – Matt
ON SHYNESS
‘Once bitten, twice shy.
Twenty times bitten,
a little shy’ – Luke
ON SUPERSTITION
‘I made a conscious decision
because of Stevie Wonder not
to be superstitious’
- Matt
WORDS OF WISDOM
NEW MUSIC
A Night In with Bros
Friday, BBC4 HD, 10pm
‘I had no idea it would be
like therapy, but it helped
us communicate again’
LUKE GOSS
The best one-liners from Bros: After the Screaming Stops...
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‘Rome wasn’t built
in a day... but we
don’t have the time
Rome had’
- Luke
The boys during
their 1980s fame