Encore: Gazza | Tabloid Dream | 2

British Scandal

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Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

When Paul Gascoigne steps out with his new girlfriend, Sheryl, interest in his personal life soars, and the Press takes advantage. Gazza’s alcohol-fuelled benders and turbulent relationship make him easy prey for tabloid journalists seeking headlines. Sheryl befriends one with the hope of turning the narrative around.

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0:00.0	This episode contains strong language and also contains references to suicide, domestic violence and eating disorders.
0:08.0	Please see the episode description for information about support services. about talk about 1996 and a big thing that happened and I can tell by the look on your
0:26.1	face you already know what it is I do it was and I imagine you remember this
0:30.0	like it was yesterday I remember where I was sat when I saw this. A young British
0:34.3	priest adjusted to life in a rural Irish community where life revolved around
0:39.2	the church and the local pub. It was the first time we'd seen Balicus Angel I think it was
0:43.0	BBC 1 probably 7 p.m and from then on it was sort of like before Balicus Angel
0:48.2	and after Balicus Angel it was a turning of the tides. I mean it's a great TV
0:51.9	show yeah think of something that perhaps has more significance to me
0:55.2	oh okay 1996 1996 well emotional wasn't it if it's what I'm thinking of?
1:02.8	Here we go.
1:03.8	We said goodbye to VHS and we welcomed in DVD technology.
1:08.0	It was kind of like looking into the future.
1:10.2	Yeah, I mean, again, big deal, but just think of the sorts of things that I'm really interested in.
1:15.4	What, the Nutty Professor?
1:16.8	No, although it does involve a larger than life character who wore prosthetic boobs and
1:20.8	capture the heart of the nation, so you're not far off.
1:23.0	So essentially got it right.
1:24.0	Mm.
1:27.0	29th of May in 1996, a Cathay Pacific Plain.
1:32.0	Paul forces his eyes shut. a Cathay Pacific plane.
1:35.0	Paul forces his eyes shut. He's been trying to sleep on the way back from England's last Euro96 warm-up game in Hong Kong,
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