Acclaimed stage and display screen star Virginia Gay is entrance and centre in SBS’ glorious new four-part sequence, Safe Home. But when she’s not starring on TV, she’s watching it at house like the remainder of us! We get the thin on what’s on the field at her place this week. And it’s an enormous YES to all her picks.
Alone Australia (SBS)
“Holy crap what a season! Gina has my heart, and she might be the new Callie (IYKYK: season 3), though I’m horrified for what winter in Tasmania will bring them. I spent a weekend in Hobart in mid-autumn and I was broken after about two hours. These people are amazing, and this show got me through the apocalypse — if they can survive this, I can cook toast on my iron in hotel quarantine.”
The Great British Bake Off (Foxtel and Binge)
“Valium for the soul! A perfect show, filled with kindness and baking powder, which makes the heart as light as a Genoise sponge. I like that the only two reality shows I watch are the kindest and the most evisceratingly destructive — good to have balance, I suppose.”
Colin from Accounts (Binge)
“A deeply funny show. There’s a five-minute bit about a vet called Yvette that I only have to think about and I bark with laughter. Patty and Harri (Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer) are a real-life couple who have brought their killer chemistry to this brilliantly written show. And it’s just been bought by the BBC, so get in now, so you can say you loved it before the rest of the world. Special shout-out to Wally, their dog, who makes an appearance in the opening credits.”
Wellmania (Netflix)
“Watch it for the excellence incarnate that is Celeste Barber, and for the firepower that is Alexander Hodges — and a one-ep cameo from Miranda Otto that is startlingly good.”
Average Bear (Paramount Plus)
“This stand-up particular from Melbourne comic Michelle Brasier is fill-your-heart-up humorous, after which rip-your-heart-out sob-inducing. I used to be wiping tears from beneath my chin, after which guffawing uncontrollably in the identical breath. Michelle is Charisma City, and she or he additionally sings. And my associates — the pipes on her!“
Virginia Gay stars in Safe Home, premiering Thursday 11 May at 8.30pm on SBS.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
