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Rise to embrace bishop with a melodramatic show (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soap opera

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'melodramatic show' is the definition.
'soap opera' can be an answer for 'show' (soap opera is a kind of show). I'm not sure about the 'melodramatic' bit.

'rise to embrace bishop with a' is the wordplay.
'rise' becomes 'soar' (soar is a kind of rise).
'to embrace' is an insertion indicator.
'bishop' becomes 'pope' (the Pope is the Bishop of Rome).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'soar' going around 'pope' is 'soapoper'.
'soapoper'+'a'='SOAP-OPERA'

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(Other definitions for soap opera that I've seen before include "TV or radio series of everyday events" , "Television serial" , "Melodramatic TV serial" , ""Coronation Street", for example" , "A dramatic broadcast" .)

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