His latest role in Newark, Newark may be a real departure in terms of his acting, but the characters felt all too familiar, as Gemma Dunn finds out.
Newark, Newark has felt like somewhat of a homecoming for Mathew Horne. As the title suggests, the scripted comedy – brand new to Gold, and created and written by Nathan Foad – takes place in the small working class market town in the East Midlands, not far from where Horne, 43, grew up.
“I was born and raised 10 miles from Newark, and I went to school five miles away from Newark, so I know the area and I know those people,” said the Gavin & Stacey star, evidently thrilled by his casting. The “people” he speaks of, in this instance, include pugnacious chip shop manager and exhausted matriarch Maxine (played by Morgana Robinson), as she tries to ride out her divorce and find someone who actually lights her fire.
