1 week ago Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA

Was the wartime chant about his solitary testicle correct? Did he have Jewish ancestry? New documentary Hitler’s DNA is trying to answer these, and more contentious, questions – but should it have gone there at all?If a TV programme sets about sequencing the genome of Adolf Hitler – the person in modern history who comes closest to a universally agreed-upon personification of evil – there are at the very least two questions you want the producers to ask themselves. First: is it possible? And second, the Jurassic Park question: just because scientists can, should they?Channel 4’s two-part documentary Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator is not the first time the self-consciously edgy British broadcaster has gone there. In 2014’s Dead Famous DNA, it inadvertently answered both these questions in the negative. Having first cast aside ethical integrity by paying Holocaust denier David Irving £3,000 for a lock of hair purporting to belong to Adolf Hitler, the programme’s makers then dis...

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2 w. ago 22 Kids and Counting star flooded with support as child prepares for surgery

Sue and Noel Radford first found fame back in 2015 for their Channel 4 documentary on their large and growing family.

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2 w. ago A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight

Popularity of Britain’s top mouser – ‘the guy to meet in No 10’ – to feature in documentary seriesHe’s seen six prime ministers come and go, watched presidents and princes walk through the black door of No 10, and will soon become the longest continuous resident of Downing Street since Pitt the Younger.The landscape of British politics has changed a lot in the past 15 years, but Larry the cat has remained a reassuring constant. Now his enduring popularity – the like of which some of his temporary owners would kill for – is to feature in a new Channel 4 documentary series exploring Britain’s love of cats. For his fans, the spotlight has been a long time coming. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Prince Harry could become a 'dad influencer' to fund his extravagant lifestyle if work dries up because he 'hasn't hit it off in America'

Speaking on Channel 5's documentary The Jobless Prince: What Will Harry Do Next?, set to air at 8pm on Saturday, Jane Moore insisted that the British Duke's best option 'is to become a dad-fluencer'.

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3 w. ago Meghan Markle 'wants to become a billionaire', says royal expert, after Duchess was seen cosying up to brains behind Kardashian brands amid speculation she 'could launch a beauty empire'

Royal commentator Emily Andrews has claimed that Meghan Markle wishes to up her net worth in Channel 5's new documentary, The Meghan Effect: How She Shook Up the Royal Family.

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3 w. ago Meghan Markle forced Royals to 'up their game' when it came to one crucial aspect of role

In a new Channel 5 documentary, a royal commentator has opened up about the impact Meghan Markle had on the Royal Family, claiming that she "forced everybody to up their game"

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3 w. ago Channel 4 documentary to chart David Bowie’s ‘final creative chapter’

Bowie died at the age of 69 in January 2016 following an 18-month battle with cancer.

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