The guests on Sunday Brunch this week are Jenny Eclair lookalike Su Pollard, Busted, actor Sian Brooke, biological anthropologist and Victoria Coren lookalike Alice Roberts, with music from DMA's. As usual Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer will be giving everyone a light grilling.
Su Pollard, 73, is best known for her appearance in the classic BBC holiday camp sitcom Hi-De-Hi and her wacky appearance. She can currently be seen walking through the Portugese landscape in Pilgrimage – The Road Through Portugal with Bobby Seagull, Vicky Pattison, Rita Simons and Shane Lynch. Pollard recently revealed that they stayed in quote an unusual hotel on the trip: "The fulfilment of it all – you should really have a go. Book your hotel now. Don't [book] that hotel where we went, where they put us in. It was a swingers, it was fabulous."
Busted have recently announced extra dates on their 2023 reunion tour. Charlie Simpson told BBC Radio Suffolk it was "easier to be famous" in the early Noughties before social media.
The musician, who grew up in Woodbridge, Suffolk, said the band was "super pumped" about the new tour and they were looking forward to connecting with fans again.
Busted, including musicians Matt Willis and James Bourne, were massive stars with a huge following. They sold five million records at the beginning of the millennium, scoring hits with Year 3000 and What I Go To School For.
Among other things, Alice Roberts has recently been on TV as presenter of Royal Autopsy on Sky History and Fortress Britain, her four-part exploration of our national obsession with repelling foreign invaders which started with Henry VIII. The Church Times reviewed it and was not impressed, saying 'She sets a very low bar, assuming viewers’ almost total ignorance. A co-presenter, striding into Hampton Court chapel, asks brightly “Whereabouts are we, then?” See the altar and cross — any clues there, perhaps?'
Sunday Brunch, Sunday, April 2, 9.30am, C4.
