CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the weekend’s TV: While the Beeb sneers, Donald Trump enjoys the tweet smell of success By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:07 BST, 20 July 2020 | Updated: 08:31 BST, 20 July 2020 Trump in Tweets Rating: Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm Rating: During the 2004 U.S. elections, the … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: So just how did we get up that creek — and without a paddle? By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:14 BST, 17 July 2020 | Updated: 02:14 BST, 17 July 2020 Abandoned Engineering Rating: The Hunt For Cleopatra’s Tomb Rating: The surest way to make me … Read more
You may not recognise the name Suzanne Paul, but you almost certainly know her face and distinctive English accent.
CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews last night’s TV: How do we put an end to racism? Just leave it to our schoolkids By Claudia Connell for the Daily Mail Published: 01:58 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 01:58 BST, 26 June 2020 The School That Tried to End Racism Rating: Britain’s Best Parent Rating: Filming for The School … Read more
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces Rating: Scandalous! The Tabloid that Changed America Rating: The enduring appeal of George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (C4) is that he talks about buildings in a no-nonsense, blokey way. So when, last night, the architect mentioned that a project wouldn’t just transform a space but ‘lives as well’, alarm bells sounded. Uh … Read more
Talking Heads Rating: The Choir: Singing for Britain Rating: When the BBC were looking for something fresh to fill out their schedules in the lockdown, it’s not surprising the remaking of Talking Heads (BBC1) topped the list. Featuring one performer, mostly filmed on one set requiring a skeleton crew, Alan Bennett’s famous series of monologues, … Read more
The Luminaries Rating: Lost Pyramids Of The Aztecs Rating: Flashback, as a method of bridging time and filling the viewer in on a narrative, can be a highly effective method in film. If overused though, it can be frustrating, confusing and downright annoying. In new BBC drama The Luminaries, the time-jump trick was constantly employed … Read more
Small Island (NT at Home, YouTube) Verdict: Chastening Windrush saga Rating: Small island opened last year at London’s National Theatre in the wake of the Windrush scandal. Now, with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, the epic stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel feels more timely than ever. But much as I admire Levy’s … Read more
Keeping Britain Fed Rating: Amazing Spaces Rating: Malcolm would be regarded as a proper pest these days. He was the drippy student, played by Nigel Plaskitt in a series of Seventies telly ads, who tried to plead he was too poorly to sit his exams. His mum (Barbara New) was having none of it. ‘Course … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews weekend TV: They promised us a tale of royal skulduggery and then… pffft! By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:47 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 02:03 BST, 15 June 2020 The Queen And The Coup Rating: Great Paintings Of The World With Andrew Marr Rating: What a downright swizz. … Read more