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Joanne McNally Investigates

Who Replaced Avril Lavigne? 2. Here’s to Never Growing Up

Joanne McNally Investigates

BBC

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.3598 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Joanne arrives in Napanee, Ontario – Avril’s hometown. She plunges into Avril’s early career. The young superstar-Avril was under a lot of scrutiny and pressure. Was she itching to step out of the spotlight? Plus, Joanne learns body-doubles ARE a thing, and not just in the movies. Joanne chats with celebrity pal Joe Lycett – and he agrees having a body double would get them out of all sorts of engagements they don’t really want to do.

Who Replaced Avril Lavigne? Joanne McNally Investigates is a 6-part series produced by What’s The Story Sounds – for BBC Sounds and CBC.

Transcript

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0:00.0

from BBC Sounds and CBC Podcasts.

0:05.7

I like to swear a lot.

0:09.0

The following podcast is presented by me.

0:11.3

Therefore, there will be swearing.

0:13.7

There will be swear words and there will be bad language, probably regularly.

0:17.2

If that sort of thing isn't for you, consider yourself warned.

0:22.5

The town of Greater Nap Napani in the province of Ontario, Canada.

0:27.5

Well, it's a very nice town. It's an old town. It's small.

0:31.1

I love Napani. I think it's great. It's a great place to raise your kids, have a family.

0:35.7

Everybody really knows each other to be like a small town and you kind of like know everybody. That's like probably the best part. You know, small town, Canada, that kind of stuff. A lot of blue collar workers, but extremely friendly. It has most of the services you need. Lots of little, cute little shops that are local and... There's Walmart. That's about all I know about Napanee.

0:55.9

One horse town, what would you want to live here for?

0:59.3

So, mixed reviews for Napani there.

1:01.9

I don't mean to disrespect the town, but it doesn't have loads going for it.

1:06.3

Like you heard, there is a Walmart and a Tim Horton's coffee shop and a dollarama, the modern butcher, baker and candlestick maker.

1:15.3

But you want, I hear you screaming, why did you jet all around the world to visit an unremarkable provincial town in Canada?

1:23.9

Well, because in one very specific way, it is remarkable.

1:28.6

It was home to pop-punk icon, Avril Levine.

1:32.6

Oh, yeah, she's a singer, yeah, young gal.

1:34.9

She came from here, that's all I know.

1:36.8

I know a few people that did go to school with her.

1:38.9

She used to do the whole circuit around here.

1:40.8

She used to sing in bookstores.

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