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Jayde Adams’ homecoming explored in BBC documentary
The return of Jayde Adams to Bristol, the city she grew up in, is the subject of a heartfelt BBC documentary airing on Monday.
The observational comedian, actress, singer and writer and beloved Bristolian has spent the last two decades carving out a meteoric career in the entertainment industry- taking her from the stages of Edinburgh Fringe Festival to the screens of Comedy Central, Netflix and more.
But now, two decades after leaving, the 37-year-old is back in Bristol.
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My Hometown: Jayde Adams: Coming Home navigates “a trip down memory lane”, documenting the funny, joyful and often painful experience of revisiting and reconnecting with old friends and family in her hometown – those that made her who is is today.
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Airing at 8.30pm on Monday, April 4 on BBC One, the 30-minute documentary will take viewers on a personal and emotional tour of south Bristol – the place Adams spent her life until she moved away to university in Wales.
About her appearance in the programme, which is part of a new series of documentaries about hometowns in the UK, she wrote on Twitter: “Get a tissue, it gets mosh babes.”
The programme features a visit to the White Hart in Bedminster with Year 7 boyfriend and Crack Magazine’s co-founder, Tom Frost. She also meets much-loved singing greengrocer Darren Jones from East Street Fruit Market.
Threaded within the programme is story of the loss of Adams’ older sister Jenna, who passed away from a brain haemorrhage 11 years ago. It finishes with Adams singing Pie Jesu in St Mary Redcliffe Church as a tribute to Jenna.
Adams said: “It was incredibly difficult at times, very emotional but I was in safe hands with creator Luke David and Mary O’Reilly who took me around Bristol to reconnect.”
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