Next Wednesday the poignant comedy There She Goes, starring
David Tennant and Jessica Hynes, returns for a one off special on BBC Two in the UK and Ireland. Based
on the real-life experiences of writers Shaun Pye and Sarah Crawford, whose
daughter was born with an extremely rare chromosomal disorder, There She Goes
follows the day-to-day life of Rosie Yates (Miley Locke), a severely
learning-disabled girl and her family, dad Simon (David Tennant), mum Emily
(Jessica Hynes) and older brother Ben (Edan Hayhurst).
In the new episode, Rosie Yates is now 13 and is starting to
display increasingly challenging, emotional and physical behaviour, veering
wildly from joyous obsessions with her letter X, tigers with X’s on their nose,
ticket barriers and FedEx lorries, to sudden violent outbursts both directed at
her parents and herself. The family realises that Rosie is simply struggling to
cope with the onset of puberty, just like any other teenage girl. Whilst the
family deals with a teenage Rosie, their geneticist calls with news of Rosie’s
condition. In the earlier timeline, Emily starts thinking about whether she and
Si should have another baby after a chance meeting with a mother of a child
with a chromosomal disorder.
David Tennant has been talking about what it was like
returning to the world of the Yates family and what the series has meant to
him:
Can you tell us what’s in store for the Yates family in this special?
They get some long-awaited information on Rosie’s condition, but getting some answers doesn’t necessarily give them the closure they imagined it might.
What was it like working with the cast again?
A real pleasure.
We see Simon practically having to wrestle Rosie back into
the house. What was it like filming those scenes with Miley?
Miley continues to be incredible as Rosie. She has been
right at the heart of this story from our first day on set and we wouldn’t have
been able to tell this story without her.
Simon and Emily make a number of cult references throughout
the two series and the special, are there any that are particularly memorable?
The debate over what the correct plural for Batman is has
stayed with me and is something I often find myself pondering.
Have you received messages from parents in similar
situations to Simon and Emily?
I know that There She Goes has connected with a lot of
families who see their own situation reflected on screen in a way they’ve never
seen before.
What is it about Shaun and Sarah’s writing that makes this
show appeal to you?
Their honesty. They tell their story with absolute
candidness and humility and humanity.
What do you think viewers will take away from the
special?
Telling Rosie’s story has been a labour of love for everyone
who has worked on it but particularly, of course, for Shaun, Sarah, Frank and
Joey. I’m very proud to have been part of it and I hope as many people as
possible will see it, and perhaps go back and discover series one and two if
they haven’t already. It’s been a truly special project.
In addition, Edan Hayhurst, who plays son Ben in There She Goes has commented on what it has been like to work with David. He said,
“David is very easy to work with - he’s effortlessly funny
and you can’t help but get on with the guy and that comfortable space is needed
to really delve into the emotional parts of acting. It’s hard to find that when
you don’t feel so at ease in your work. I found him easy to act off of and
that’s all you can really want.”
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