Updated / Friday, 30 Apr 2021
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Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge
Tonight s top TV tips include the return of Alan Partridge, Noel Gallagher on The Late Late Show, Soul II Soul on Classic Albums, and Sky’s new sci-fi series Intergalactic . . .
Pick of the Day
This Time with Alan Partridge, 9.30pm, BBC One
It’s season two of the rebooted Alan Partridge, starring Steve Coogan, with Susannah Fielding, Felicity Montagu and Tim Key.
The last run was great fun - particularly the Martin Brennan segment, when
Come Out Ye Black and Tans got an airing on UK prime time TV.
Now the main man on BBC magazine show
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Savannah Steyn plays Ash Harper
Sky
Who is Ash Harper? Ash is a galactic pilot working for the Commonworld authorities, who is framed for a treacherous crime at the beginning of the series and sent to an off-world prison colony.
What else has Savannah Steyn been in? This is Steyn’s first leading role, although she has appeared in an episode of A Discovery of Witches and also had recurring roles in drama series The Tunnel and BBC Three sitcom Wannabe.
Despite her credentials, Nagra still regularly finds herself in smaller roles with little room to explore, roles that occasionally border on pigeonholing. Sheâs played numerous doctors, including one in Bird Box, the postapocalyptic horror film starring Sandra Bullock. Nagra was asked to deliver her lines with an Indian accent. âWhy did they make Parminder Nagra have an accent?â asked a journalist on Twitter. âThey let the murdering white guy keep his British accent. Sheâs British too.â Nagra replied: âAsk the powers that be.â
She has mixed feelings about Bird Box, which was directed by Susanne Bier, whose most recent drama was The Undoing, starring Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman. âI wasnât thrilled about playing the doctor again,â says Nagra. âBut itâs an amazing piece of work with an amazing director, and itâs Sandra Bullock. Iâd rather not have done the accent. Itâs hard. There are times when doctor rol