Star Stories Series 2 Begins With Take That Robbie Williams
Star Stories returned for a second series last Friday on Channel 4 with the aptly named first episode ‘Take That: How our success was nothing to do with Robbie Williams’. It told the story, or a satirically comedic take on the story of the early days of Take That right through to their recent reunion (minus Robbie).
I loved the first series of Star Stories, with it’s childish humour and quite biting take on celebrities lives, and this second series started in the same vein as the last. Like ‘Rock Profiles’ or ‘Bo Selecta before it, the actors play a caricature of the real celebrity, with just enough of the real persona peeking through that you can recognise the star being portrayed.
Gary Barlow, played by Steve Edge, who appeared in Peter Kay’s ‘Phoenix Nights’ narrated the story from the moment he was spotted doing a turn in a Northern club. We then saw the boys get chosen, with Jason Orange portrayed as a posh talking public schoolboy and Howard Donald as Chewbacca. I nearly pissed myself when on opening his mouth, there came a Chewbacca roar rather than a Manchester accent.
The jokes aren’t clever, with the obvious being drawn upon such as Robbie and Gary’s weight problems etc. But they are bloody funny, with moments like Lulu being shown emerging from a coffin to sing ‘Shout’.
I loved this first episode and would recommend the rest of the series to anyone who likes a laugh at celebrities expenses. You can check out moments from the first series on the Channel 4 website, and catch the rest of this series on Fridays at 9.30pm, sandwiched between Big Brother!
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