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WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 00:00:01 on 12/05/2021 - Programme Name: River City 2021 - TX: n/a - Episode: n/a (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: Joyce Falconer - (C) BBC Studios, Scotland - Photographer: Alan Peebles ONE of River City s most loved characters Roisin McIntyre is set to make a dramatic return to the popular BBC soap. Actress Joyce Falconer will resume the role she last played in 2008 while fans of River City will also welcome a new face as broadcaster and actor Grant Stott joins the soap. Loud, brash, and generally outspoken, Roisin fast became one of the show’s most iconic characters when she arrived in 2002 with an unmistakable Doric accent and her no-nonsense attitude towards life.
Roisin McIntyre to make explosive return to River City after 13 years
Actress Joyce Falconer was last on screen in 2008 after becoming a fans favourite with shock storylines.
Joyce Falconer as the legendary Roisin McIntyre (Image: BBC)
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice One of River City’s most loved characters - Roisin McIntyre– will make a dramatic return to BBC Scotland’s popular weekly soap.
Written and Directed by Ben Sharrock.
Starring Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Kais Nashif, Kenneth Collard, Sanjeev Kohli, Cameron Fulton, Lewis Gribben, Grace Chilton, and Raymond Mearns.
SYNOPSIS:
Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.
While there are quite a few impressionable moments speaking to the migrant lifestyle (and from multiple perspectives given that writer and director Ben Sharrock has dedicated a portion of his life ingratiating himself with actual refugees) in
Limbo, the one dialogue exchange that keeps coming back to mind involves a discussion on chickens. Specifically, it’s the fact that while the chickens look nearly identical, they are in fact different breeds, to which a character applies that misconception to race relations in Scotland (although the point still speaks to all privileged people) and
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