3 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on Coldwater: It's brave to tackle male cowardice, but this story just isn't believable

Television has few taboos any more. Dramas about mental illness, sexual dysfunction, even child abuse, are commonplace now when they would have been unthinkable 20 years ago.

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27 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Rob and Rylan's Passage to India: A trip to Delhi? Cue hand

Rylan, the waxen-faced former X Factor contestant now on the roster of This Morning presenters, is in a class of his own. He doesn't shamelessly name drop celebrities he knows, he carpet-bombs them.

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29 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on Ricky Hatton: The Gazza of boxing who loved a fry

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: For the fans who adored his quick wit and generous spirit, his dark side was tragic to witness.

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4 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Newsreader: To use Lockerbie as the backdrop for light comedy is simply unforgivable

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Either nobody bothered looking at the opening minutes of The Newsreader, or worse still, somebody did - and failed to see how grossly offensive it was.

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5 d. ago ‘The Christophers’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Bohemian London Drama

‘The Christophers’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Bohemian London Drama  Deadline

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5 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Rumour: Emily Atack's spiteful school mum ought to have been in Motherland

Emily Atack plays her to perfection: rude, smug, false and, underneath the facade, deeply unhappy.

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6 d. ago A dazzling cast, Spielberg as producer... so how on earth did The Thursday Murder Club become such a dreary travesty? writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS 

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Have you read it yet? That was the question on everyone's lips for a year during lockdown.

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6 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Great British Bake Off: Simple? Bake Off's biscuit challenge now requires a degree in dunking...

STEVENS: As I age, keeping up with the accelerating demands of technology can be nearly impossible - but I never thought I'd end up underqualified to eat a biscuit.

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6 d. ago The Girlfriend review: Amazon Prime's psychological thriller is not based on Victoria Beckham's feud with her daughter

Dozy Daniel is a mummy's boy who can't make up his mind what he wants to do for a living. But that doesn't matter, as long as his rich and influential parents are willing to buy him a home.

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6 d. ago Ian McKellen forced to cancel film premiere appearance after doctors' warning

The Lord of the Rings star was set to attend the premiere of Steven Soderbergh’s new film The Christophers

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8 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: The batting's a bit off, but Freddie's new cricket kids have all the banter

Freddie Flintoff has tried doggedly to change cricket's image in his Field Of Dreams series, inspiring a bunch of lads from his home town Preston to take up the sport.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Educating Yorkshire on Ch4: Coffee and chocolate for breakfast? No wonder this boy's bouncing off walls

Bad behaviour and larking about in the classroom are no longer punished by a swift slap round the back of the head, thank goodness.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Stranded On Honeymoon Island on BBC1: This tasteless show is an insult to marriage...and all licence payers

When weddings are treated by our national broadcaster as a game show novelty, is it surprising that more than 40 per cent of UK marriages now end in divorce?

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Prince Andrew: On Trial... My verdict's in on this fake court case

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: At first, that appears a damning indictment of a man who has been accused of far worse than arrogance and bullying.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Inheritance on Ch4: Clumsy, dull, tasteless

Tragic that Liz Hurley is dead. But there's one consolation for boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus. As an actress, she's so wooden he won't need to have her cremated. He can just use her for firewood.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews I Fought The Law on ITV1: Sheridan Smith excels as a mother taking on the British justice system

When Sheridan Smith is on form, there's no one to touch her for raw emotional power. She can project grief and anger so intense, it cracks the screen. And she's at her heart-wrenching best here.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Frenetic, forgettable fun but this thriller could've been so much more

Atomic is an action-packed chase adventure, starring Alfie Allen and Shazad Latif as two unlikely friends on the run from a drugs cartel, a special forces unit, Islamist extremists and the secret services.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Don't call aliens 'little green men', they might get offended too

STEVENS: This psychotic telescope was the closest we came to seeing any space invaders in the one-off documentary What Are UFOs ?

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: These jurors leap to conclusions before the kettle's even boiled...

The abiding rule of British justice has always been that the accused is innocent till proven guilty - but not anymore.

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3 w. ago With a disaster this devastating, there was no need for hyperbole, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

The first hour of this three-part documentary recounted the details almost in real time, from the first warnings of gas leaks on the North Sea oil rig, to the explosions that destroyed it, in July 1988.

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