Shameless actress from Burnley sparks complaints after antics on BBC's Sport Relief show (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Shameless actress from Burnley sparks complaints after antics on BBC's Sport Relief show
5:00pm Monday 27th February 2012 in TV
By Jonathon Dillon, Assistant news editor
SHOWSTOPPER Alice Barry performs George Michael’s hit Outside on let’s Dance for Sport
BURNLEY actress Alice Barry showed her 'Shameless' side when she pinched TV presenter Steve Jones's bottom on the BBC's Let's Dance for Sport Relief.
The BBC said it received 30 complaints following Alice’s antics on the show, which was broadcast at 7.10pm on Saturday.
But the Shameless star, who plays Lillian Tyler in the Channel 4 series, said those people had ‘no sense of humour’.
She had performed as a policewoman to Outside by George Michael on Saturday night's show.
Following her routine, she squeezed co-host Steve Jones's bottom and told him: "That was wonderful. Good workout. I'll tell you what, you've got a lovely bum."
Steve, a former host of the American X Factor, responded: 'That was deep. Let's go to the panel, and I'm going to call my lawyer."
Alice said: It was great fun. I was asked to take part and I knew a routine using George Michael’s Outside would have good comedy value.
“Steve is lovely and we had a real laugh about it afterwards.
“I do a lot for charity and it was a joy to take part.“Those people who complained have got no sense of humour.”
Double Brit award winner Ed Sheeran also parodied Adele by sticking his finger up on the primetime show.
The 21-year-old mimicked the record-breaking star who stuck her middle finger up after being cut-off during her acceptance speech at the Brit Awards on Tuesday.
Former Winter Olympic ski jumper Eddie the Eagle won the show with a routine based on the opening sequence from Austin Powers.
The BBC declined to comment.
Comments(13)
NUMBER5
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6:36pm Mon 27 Feb 12
useyourhead wrote:Well said useyourhead. Some people must be short of something to complain about.
Our sense of humour has always been a bit slapstick and cheeky, don't watch if you have had a humour by-pass is all I can say, they ought to watch an episode of shameless hehe. heads would explode no doubt.
hoodle
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8:11pm Mon 27 Feb 12
Mikeee47
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11:50pm Mon 27 Feb 12
Have you nothing better to write about these days LT??
Good for you Alice always up for a laugh especially when she was in the Rosegrove post office looking roung to see if anyone recognised her,
gudari
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1:18pm Tue 28 Feb 12
Cha'mone MF
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1:23pm Tue 28 Feb 12
gudari wrote:Not in Burnley they don't!
Have these people not got remote controls ....or come to think of it legs? Some people have nothig better to do!!
Graham Hartley
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4:38pm Tue 28 Feb 12
A person from Burnley... in showbusiness... an opportunity... surely no power could have stood against it.
Graham Hartley
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4:48pm Tue 28 Feb 12
BritainfortheBritish
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5:12pm Tue 28 Feb 12
N4you!
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4:16am Wed 29 Feb 12
Roversboy
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9:29am Wed 29 Feb 12
hoodle wrote:I do more than you for charity, but I dont like to talk about it. Never Ever..
I do a lot of work for charity but don't like to talk about it.
mys
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12:40pm Wed 29 Feb 12
Graham Hartley
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10:11pm Wed 29 Feb 12
I wonder what readers would make of LT if our correspondents could act as writers for a week - say for charity? A chance to throw away the newspaper's style-book, so no hackneyed language or punctuation straight out of 'that'll-do'.
useyourhead says...
5:47pm Mon 27 Feb 12