Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple

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Unlikely besties Dame Judi Dench and Jay Blades take each other down memory lane, as they share the experiences that shaped their lives and that ultimately brought them together

Episode 1: Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple

Summary

Jay Blades and Judi Dench have become friends since meeting on an episode of The Repair Shop three years ago. However, there is still a lot they don't know about the unique journeys that brought them together. They've decided to show each other the things that matter most to them, hoping to uncover the experiences that have shaped their very different lives

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Jane Rackham

Judi Dench and Jay Blades come from radically different worlds. Their backgrounds and life experiences are total opposites. As Jay says, “Actually I don’t think we have anything in common.” Except they both laugh a lot and, rather surprisingly, get on incredibly well.

In this charming film they’re taking each other to places that have been important to them: for Jay that includes Ridley Road Market in London’s East End and a Hackney youth club he used to frequent and without which, he says, he’d have ended up dead or in prison; for Judi it’s the Old Vic and the family home she shared with her beloved late husband Michael Williams.

There are many emotional moments in between the giggles and larking about. Judi looks slightly bemused while selling plantain from a market stall but gets understandably tearful when she sees her old home for the first time since 1984, while Jay, who only learnt to read aged 51, bravely struggles to read out loud a famous Shakespearean soliloquy.

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rolenamePresenterJudi DenchPresenterJay BladesProducerTom GreenDirectorTom GreenExecutive producerDan Baldwin

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Episode 1

Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple

Summary

Jay Blades and Judi Dench have become friends since meeting on an episode of The Repair Shop three years ago. However, there is still a lot they don't know about the unique journeys that brought them together. They've decided to show each other the things that matter most to them, hoping to uncover the experiences that have shaped their very different lives

Review

Jane Rackham

Judi Dench and Jay Blades come from radically different worlds. Their backgrounds and life experiences are total opposites. As Jay says, “Actually I don’t think we have anything in common.” Except they both laugh a lot and, rather surprisingly, get on incredibly well.

In this charming film they’re taking each other to places that have been important to them: for Jay that includes Ridley Road Market in London’s East End and a Hackney youth club he used to frequent and without which, he says, he’d have ended up dead or in prison; for Judi it’s the Old Vic and the family home she shared with her beloved late husband Michael Williams.

There are many emotional moments in between the giggles and larking about. Judi looks slightly bemused while selling plantain from a market stall but gets understandably tearful when she sees her old home for the first time since 1984, while Jay, who only learnt to read aged 51, bravely struggles to read out loud a famous Shakespearean soliloquy.

How to watch

Next showing

There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

Streaming
- Channel 4
Details

Languages

Formats

Colour

Credits

Crew

rolenamePresenterJudi DenchPresenterJay BladesProducerTom GreenDirectorTom GreenExecutive producerDan Baldwin

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