Bring the Drama review: Bill Bailey fronts a moving, mesmerising new reality show
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I feared the worst because, well, I assumed that, among other things, wannabe actors would make Apprentice contestants look like monks who’d taken a holy vow of humility. It’s all done very professionally – no slapstick allowed – so we get a real BBC casting director on board, Kelly Valentine Hendry, who has cast shows including Bridgerton, Gangs of London, Ghosts and Broadchurch. She conducts proper auditions for parts in the scene, in this case one where Phil Mitchell’s son, Ben, collapses and almost dies in the Queen Vic – until Sonia Fowler saves his life. Bill Bailey and casting director Kelly Valentine Hendry Bring the Drama is about people realising a personal dream, a fantasy, just as lots of reality shows are, with the audience along for the vicarious thrills.
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