{"id":2470,"date":"2021-07-30T12:38:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1299793"},"modified":"2021-07-30T12:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:38:31","slug":"alan-cumming-and-miriam-margolyes-to-travel-scotland-in-3-part-channel-4-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/alan-cumming-and-miriam-margolyes-to-travel-scotland-in-3-part-channel-4-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Cumming and Miriam Margolyes to travel Scotland in 3-part Channel 4 series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has already weighed in on the pairing. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 30 July 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>Alan Cumming has revealed that he and Miriam Margolyes will be taking to the road together in an upcoming three-part travel series for Channel 4.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking as part of a <a href=\"\/\/absolutedigitalcommunications.com\/silverprideuk\/&quot;\">Silver Pride<\/a> event, Cumming said he was signed up for a \u201cthree-part thing for Channel 4,\u201d adding, \u201cI\u2019m going to go around Scotland \u2013 a travel show, around Scotland, in a van with Miriam Margolyes\u2026 Who knows what that\u2019ll be like!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that Channel 4 reportedly first conceived of the pairing after seeing the two actors interact while <a href=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vt9Zp0NO6hM&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">guests on The Graham Norton Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason they\u2019ve asked me to do this is that we went on Graham Norton[\u2018s Show]\u2026 Miriam was there, showing her knickers, and I was like, \u2018No Miriam, no!\u2019 I slapped her down a couple of times when she was trying to get a bit saucy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6265842451001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div> <p>Cumming added that he had heard about Margoyles\u2019 on-set behaviour from Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe (whom Cumming starred alongside in the play Endgame at The Old Vic).<\/p>\n<p>Radcliffe reportedly revealed that Margolyes (who played Professor Sprout in the film franchise) would frequently be found \u201cswearing in the make-up bus in front of all the kids and farting, like with impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Cumming added that when he recently told Radcliffe about the upcoming travel series, \u201cHe [Radcliffe] just looked at me and said, \u2018Alan\u2026 the farts.\u2019 Because we\u2019ll be in a van.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Margolyes has previously fronted several successful travel series, including The Real Marigold On Tour, and Miriam\u2019s Big American Adventure.<\/p> <p><strong>Free tickets for Silver Pride are\u00a0available on the website <a href=\"\/\/absolutedigitalcommunications.com\/silverprideuk\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. 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