We’re no stranger to a travel show on our TV screens here in the UK.
From watching some of the nation’s favourite famous such as Billy Connolly, Michael Palin, and Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan trek the globe in various shows over the years, to the popular tv shows of the moment like Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father, Richard Ayoade’s Travel Man, and of course the cult-phenomenon that is An Idiot Abroad, we’ve got some real stand-outs to tuck into.
But have you ever come across or found yourself watching a travel show from another country?
Even better, a travel show from another country visiting our city?
Well that’s exactly the position that Reddit user Strubo found themselves in when they uncovered a Manchester episode of a popular Russian-speaking Ukrainian TV travel show on YouTube called Oryol i Reshka (Орел і Решка), or as we would say, ‘Heads and Tails’.
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The concept of the show is a little more complex than just taking in the sights and sounds of a new city.
As well as doing a pretty good job of showcasing our brilliant city and everything it has to offer, ‘Heads and Tails’ – which first aired back in 2014 and has been a hit with Russian-speaking audiences ever since – actually has an interesting budget element to it too.
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Орел і Решка
It sees the show’s two hosts toss a coin which determines who gets to receive a credit card with unlimited credit – called the ‘Golden Card’ – while the other has to spend the weekend with just £77 ($100 USD) including all expenses.
The show also then hides a bottle with another £77 ($100) in each visited location for travellers to find.
The Manchester episode of the show – which amazingly has clocked over three million views on YouTube alone – has everything you’d expect to see a travel show feature in the city, from football and food delicacies, to shopping, nature and more, as well as some spectacular aerial shots of the surroundings too, but with the budget restrictions also playing a key role, this means that some hidden gems are highlighted also.
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And as you can imagine, when you get to view Manchester from the eyes of someone who hasn’t ever been before, it’s actually a really intriguing watch.
A couple of Reddit users who commented on Strubo’s original post in r/Manchester said that they found the show a great watch from a Mancunian’s perspective and others with Russian-speaking relatives also emphasised that it is a really popular show in other countries, so who knows just how many people from across the world have seen what our city has to offer.
If you’ve got an hour to kill and don’t mind reading subtitles, then you can watch the Manchester episode of ‘Heads and Tails’ on YouTube here:
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Musical comedian Morgan Jay is coming to Manchester on his biggest ever UK tour
Danny Jones
Viral music-driven comedian Morgan Jay is returning to Manchester and the UK for his biggest ever transatlantic tour.
The crowd work specialist and social media star is coming back to our fair city once again early next year, having not long ago performed for a maiden Manc crowd.
That’s right: the bloke best known for performing silly improv songs on a ukulele for the majority of the set, not to mention being a little bit cheeky with his audience throughout, is coming to the AO Arena.
Entitled La Dolce Vita, this new tour – set to be the follow-up to his ongoing ‘Goofy Guy’ show – will be just his second performance here in 0161.
Have already got his current tour underway across North America, with more gigs coming up across Asia and Oceania later this year.
As for his next European leg, it kicks off early next year, and do you want to guess where he’s coming first? Yep, straight to us.
We’re almost certain he’ll be bringing that tiny little guitar and a healthy dose of autotune along with him, but you never quite know what you’re going to get…
Can you believe he grabbed her neck like that in public? not going to lie I kind of liked it. The Nashville show went crazy people were horny and having a good time. Tour dates below. 6/5 – Atlanta, GA 6/6 – Hollywood, FL 6/12 – Milwaukee, WI 6/14 – Prior Lake, MN 6/19 – Cherokee, NC 6/20 – Charleston, SC 7/2 – Ledyard, CT 9/12 – Los Angeles 9/17 – Los Angeles 9/25 – Maui 9/26 – Oahu October 3 – Tokyo October 5 – Taipei October 8 – Hong Kong October 11 – Abu Dhabi October 14 – Manila, PH October 17 – Sydney October 21- Auckland, NZ October 25 – Melbourne, AU October 29 – Brisbane, AU November 1- Adelaide, AU November 6 – Perth, AU November 11 – Jakarta, ID November 13 – Singapore, SG November 18 – Kuala Lumpur, MY November 21- Bangkok, TH November 27 – Mumbai, IN November 29 – Bengaluru, IN
You can see his full list of upcoming dates over here down below.
Morgan Jay UK tour dates – 2027
Thu 25 Feb – Manchester, AO Arena Sat 27 Feb – London, OVO Arena Wembley Sat 27 Mar – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo Thu 1 Apr – Birmingham, Utilita Arena Birmingham Sat 3 Apr – Cardiff, Utilita Arena Cardiff
As you can see, there’s only a handful of dates across Great Britain and Ireland, so we’ll consider it an honour not only to be on the schedule but to be first on the call sheet.
Tickets will be available for pre-sale starting on Wednesday, 27 May at 10am; meanwhile, general admission goes live this coming Friday, 29 May, also at 10am BST. You can get ready to grab yours HERE.
If you’ve not come across him before and you’re wondering whether his stuff is your cup of tea, you can watch his special shot in LA, among others, for free on YouTube.
Featured Images — Press shots (supplied via Live Nation)
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Bernardo Silva shares hilarious X-rated clash with John Stones before they were teammates
Danny Jones
This long weekend not only saw Man City manager and sporting legend Pep Guardiola bid goodbye to the club after a decade, but so did John Stones and Bernardo Silva, and the latter shared a hilarious story about an encounter before their bromance in blue.
Can’t lie, this one nearly made us spit out our tea when we first watched it…
Following the trio’s respective final games, this late May bank holiday Monday saw yet another City parade pass through Manchester, and as the party continued over at the Etihad Campus and Co-op Live for the afterparty, the boys got up on stage to say some parting words.
In Silva’s case, he chose to share, rather fittingly, some very choice words indeed, as he talked about his time playing against Stones when he was still in France.
From ‘little soft c**t’ to brothers lifting trebles together… football heritage.
Safe to say no one was expecting that particular expletive to come out of his mouth – we reckon not even most of the squad themselves.
During the Yorkshireman‘s first season at Manchester City, he came up against the creative midfielder in the Champions League when he was still playing at Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.
As you can see in the clip above, while it wasn’t the friendliest of exchanges back then, they soon buried the hatchet and chalked it off as nothing more than football.
Both fierce competitors in their own right, they look to be plenty soft with each other off the pitch ever since they became teammates.
So much so, in fact, that the duo ended up being the face of a pop-up Man City pub earlier this month, recreating the famous photo of the Gallagher brothers wearing the 1993/94 kits.
Credit: Manchester City FC (publicity pictures)
It’s plain to see in the clip how much love there is between the two, all these years later, and the story itself got a rapturous reaction from their peers and the crowd alike.
Silva has plenty of fans across Europe, both as a player and purely as a character; you only have to look at how Jack Grealish often reiterates his love for the Portuguese playmaker as a person and Premier League character, or even how pundits aligned with rival clubs like Gary Neville waxes lyrical about him.
And then we come to Pep himself.
Guardiola was rightfully given a fantastic guard of honour at the stadium itself on Sunday, with his speech making for an emotional moment for all those in the stands and watching at home, and City supporters at the parade made sure to give him a proper send-off.
Emily Sergeant -
15th October 2020 
