IT’S CHAIN REACTION!
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NORMAL People’s Paul Mescal may think that he set the trend for guys wearing chains after he sported one on the hit BBC drama series.
But the two leading stars of the comedy The Young Offenders – Chris Walley and Alex Murphy who play Jock and Conor – claim that they did it first. Chris tells Radio
STRICTLY’S Mike Bushell should have taken home the Glitterball trophy – for the biggest drinker. Although the BBC star was dancefloor dud last year, it seems he held his own in the bar when the show ended every Saturday night. Fellow celebrity
Times: “Although everyone’s gone wild for the chain Paul wears, we’ve been rocking chains for years!
“Normal People mugged us off. Now when I put on a chain people go, ‘Oh, are you trying to be like Paul?’”
The show is back Sunday on BBC Three and BBC iplayer. dancer Dev Griffin tells How’s Your Head, Hun? on BBC iplayer and BBC Three today: “The whole time I was there, there was only one person saying: ‘Come to the bar afterwards ... come and have a drink,’ and that was Mike ‘Badboy’ Bushell.
“I can’t keep up with him.”
EMMERDALE’S Jay “Billy Fletcher” Kontzle is among a raft of famous faces who have made a short film about racism.
ITV is launching a special series giving black people the chance to share personal tales about prejudice.
The one-minute films will be airing on TV and also online.
MICHAEL Mcintyre is to front a new Saturday night game show for the BBC called The Wheel.
The “feel good” 60-minute episodes will feature contestants playing for a big-money prize with the help of celebrity experts.
Michael said: “I am thrilled to be hosting a show that does reinvent the wheel!”