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Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Success for Bolton's famous faces at this year's Bafta TV Awards
Bolton's Sophie Willan had the famous faces gathered for this year's The Bafta TV Awards in stitches of laughter as she accepted an award - and refrained from swearing. Alma's Not Normal, starring and created by the actress, won best scripted comedy for the second season. Sophie said: "I'm not allowed to swear and all I want to do is beep beep. "This is so exciting, thank you very much. "I just want to say they are flopping brilliant (looking at cast and crew) "I have got this amazing cast. "Thank you everyone." Sophie was up for two awards this evening for her Alma's Not Normal, with the second for female performance in a comedy, which went to Ruth Jones of Gavin and Stacey's The sitcom is inspired by her experiences growing up in the town. It features familiar sights and businesses, including Tapaz on Bradshawgate. Sophie has often been spotted filming around Bolton, where she still lives, and is patron of charity Back-up North West. READ MORE: BBC's Alma's Not Normal features Tapaz Restaurant in Bolton Sophie Willan and Alma's Not Normal win at RTS Programme Awards 2025 Sophie Willan names Olympus chippy Bolton as her last supper BBC News anchor and Bolton Clive Myrie has won the daytime Bafta gong for his Caribbean Adventure programme on BBC Two. 'It's a tough industry, no doubt, it's really tough,' Myrie said. 'I just want to put a plea out to the big (networks), be kind to our indies (independent TV production companies).' Baby Reindeer has snapped up an early Bafta win, with Jessica Gunning earning the best supporting actress prize for playing a stalker in the hit Netflix series. Elsewhere, the Bafta for limited drama was awarded to ITV's Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, which has renewed public attention on the subpostmasters who fought to clear their names in the wake of the Horizon scandal. This starred Bolton's Amy Nuttall. (Image: ITVX) The best supporting actor prize went to Ariyon Bakare for the BBC LGBT+ drama Mr Loverman, based on the Bernardine Evaristo novel of the same name. In the comedy performance categories former EastEnders star Danny Dyer won for Sky's Mr Bigstuff, with Welsh actress Ruth Jones winning for her role playing Vanessa Shanessa 'Nessa' Jenkins in the Gavin And Stacey finale. Yorkshire-born Gunning beat her fellow Baby Reindeer star, trans actress Nava Mau, who played Donny's girlfriend Teri. Collecting the limited drama prize, Mr Bates producer Patrick Spence said that they would never have been able to make the show without ITV and the journalists who had covered the scandal. He said that people such as Sir Alan Bates 'demanded action with such rage' and that the airing of the drama proved the public 'cannot abide liars and bullies'. Mr Spence also said that 'maybe it is a warning' to others in power, adding: 'Our show didn't change the law, the people of this nation did that.' More than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after faulty Horizon accounting software made it look as though money was missing from their accounts. Jones, co-creator of BBC series Gavin And Stacey, became emotional as she thanked her writing partner and friend James Corden as she picked up the female performance in a comedy gong. She said: 'The person I would like to thank most is my dear, dear, talented, lovely, kind, funny friend, James Corden with whom I have shared this astonishing journey for the past 17 years, and without whom, Nessa Shanessa Jenkins would simply not exist. I love you, James. I love writing with you. Long may it continue. Thank you so much.' The ceremony was opened by host and Scottish actor Alan Cumming, who referenced his presenting role on The Traitors US in a sketch with footage of him shown in the Scottish Highlands castle where the hit reality series takes place. On stage, Cumming also joked about his acting career, Facebook, and brought out a fake children's book about long speeches and who winners are supposed to thank.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Walshaw man swaps stag do for 170-mile charity bike ride for BackUp North West
Scott Cunningham, 47, will cycle from Morecambe to Bridlington next month to raise funds for Bolton's Backup North West, a homeless charity supporting 16-25 year olds where his fiancé works as a Fundraising Co-ordinator. (Image: Claire Bullock) A man from Walshaw is riding more than 170 miles to raise money for a Bolton charity for his stag do. Scott Cunningham, 47, will be riding from Morecambe to Bridlington next month alongside his best man and long-time friend to raise money for homeless charity, BackUp North West. He is due to marry his fiancée of five years, Claire Bullock, 46, in July. Claire works as a co-ordinator for the award-winning BackUp charity based in Bolton. Claire and Scott have been together for five years. (Image: Claire Bullock) Speaking to The Bolton News, Scott said: 'Ultimately, the bike ride will be my stag do! ADVERTISEMENT 'I didn't want to go for the traditional weekend abroad, I knew I wanted to do something different. "My friend suggested riding to Bridlington and I thought it was a great idea." The ambitious journey follows the "Way of the Roses" route, spanning approximately 172 miles, which Scott plans to complete in three days starting Friday, May 23. He will be accompanied by his best man Gordon Hamilton and long-time friend Neil Wood. READ MORE: Royal Bolton Hospital to get sleeper chairs for parents Scott added: 'With Claire being a co-ordinator, we were talking about doing the route and she suggested raising money for the BackUp charity. "It fit so well together, that's how the idea happened. ADVERTISEMENT 'We've been training, we're reasonably fit. We rode from Rhyl to Llandudno and back the other week. "We're not regular bikers, but we both used to go a lot of running and got into triathlons." 'I'm not particularly nervous, we've done a couple of events like this before. We actually did a double marathon in the Sahara in Africa in 2017 raising money for the Support Josh charity. Left to right: Neil Wood, Gordon Hamilton and Scott Cunningham will be cycling 172 miles. (Image: Claire Bullock) Claire added: 'Scott and I have been together for five years, we actually met in 2020 and had our first date at the Red Lion! 'He's done lots of running, so I know he'll absolutely smash this challenge. The fact that he's raising money for BackUp means so much to me. 'I know he'll be absolutely amazing.' ADVERTISEMENT Backup North West is an award-winning charity established in 1992 delivering supported accommodation and emergency housing for young people aged 16 to 25 who are homeless in the North West. Backup support around 350 young people each year with not just safe accommodation, but tailored packages of support which include emotional and practical help with all areas of independent living.
