Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure Monday & Tuesday, BBC2 Rating: Breeders Thursday, Sky One Rating: I had always thought Miriam Margolyes was one of those (rare, very rare) women who are perfectly fine with the way they look. I certainly remember one episode of The Real Marigold Hotel where she declined a makeover offered by some Russian … Read more
Deborah Knight reveals the difficult decision she was forced to make after her four-year-old daughter showed symptoms of coronavirus By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:17 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 05:00 GMT, 11 March 2020 Deborah Knight has blasted the Australian government for failing to provide clear advice about the coronavirus outbreak. Speaking … Read more
Deborah Knight reveals the difficult decision she was forced to make after her four-year-old daughter showed symptoms of coronavirus By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:17 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 04:46 GMT, 11 March 2020 Deborah Knight has blasted the Australian government for failing to give out clear advice about how … Read more
Noughts + Crosses Thursday, BBC1 Rating: The Trouble With Maggie Cole Wednesday, ITV Rating: Noughts + Crosses is an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s novel for young adults, so why it’s being shown on a Thursday at 9pm rather than in the Doctor Who slot, I cannot say. All I can say is that the conceit, which … Read more
‘You look different without makeup’: Former Today presenter Deborah Knight fires back at online trolls commenting on her appearance By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:08 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 08:08 GMT, 7 March 2020 Television and radio host Deborah Knight revealed she is constantly harassed by online trolls about her … Read more
Deadwater Fell Friday, Channel 4 Rating: White House Farm Wednesday, ITV Rating: Two new crime dramas this week, one fictional and one factual, and both involving the murder of small children, so that’s a nice start to the New Year. But our fascination with crime will likely make us take the plunge anyhow. Actually, the … Read more
COBRA Friday, Sky One Rating: (although also… Rating: as there is a sort of joy in watching a series get it quite so wrong) Let us talk our way though the first episode of COBRA, Sky’s new political drama about Britain during a time of national emergency, although I am not sure you would know … Read more
Crazy Delicious Tuesday, Channel 4 Rating: Avenue 5 Wednesday, Sky One Rating: White House Farm Wednesday, ITV Rating: I watch a lot of cooking shows. I don’t know why. It’s not as if I like to cook that much. I suppose it’s easy on the eye and, like the police procedural, is narratively satisfying with … Read more
The late Deborah Orr’s excellent memoir, Motherwell, charts her vexed relationship with her parents in impassioned yet tender prose By Anthony Quinn Published: 22:02 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 16:11 GMT, 26 January 2020 Motherwell Deborah Orr … Read more
Auschwitz Untold: In Colour Sunday & Monday, More 4 Rating: The Windermere Children Monday, BBC2 Rating: The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words Monday, BBC4 Rating: This week, quite a few people told me they would not be watching any of the programmes that had been commissioned to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day and 75 years … Read more