Next In Fashion Netflix Rating: Baghdad Central Channel 4, Monday Rating: This week, a new thriller and a competitive reality show seeking a hot new fashion designer that, in its first moments, comes over as a cross between The Great British Sewing Bee and The Apprentice, which is not what we want. ‘I’m not nervous … Read more
The Pale Horse BBC1, Sunday Rating: Home Channel 4, Wednesday Rating: The screenwriter Sarah Phelps has been taking liberties with Agatha Christie murder mysteries for quite some time. Plots are revised. Characters are redrawn or may be ejected. Language is updated – here we had one ‘raddled arse’ and also one ‘F*** off!’ – and … Read more
The Pale Horse Sunday, BBC1 Rating: (but could be five stars if you can tell me what happened) This Country Monday, BBC1 Rating: Dear Readers, I know we haven’t always got along. I know you would prefer it if I liked Endeavour more, and also Call The Midwife. But I still hope that in my hour … Read more
Flesh And Blood Monday-Thursday, ITV Rating: Murder 24/7 Monday-Wednesday, BBC2 Rating: The latest domestic thriller is Flesh And Blood, and already it’s getting mixed up in my head with Liar, Cheat, Trust Me, Trauma, Gold Digger, etc. Their formats are so similar – whom should we trust? – that I’m beginning to wonder if they … Read more
Deborah James has a firm date in her diary for March, to go to Manchester and run 5km in the time that it takes the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to play Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. It sounds like a fun challenge to take on in aid of Sport Relief. But for Deborah, the issue isn’t so much … Read more