8 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Outrageous: This Downton Abbey with added fascism is frightfully unconvincing

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Set in the gilded world of the British aristocracy, all country houses and glittering debutante dances, it's the story of the six ultra-privileged Mitford sisters.

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9 d. ago New project capturing memories of Scottish whaling communities launched by historian Dan Snow

The Whalers’ Memory Bank brings together new and lost stories of Scottish whalers and their intrepid adventures on South Georgia island.

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9 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews: Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace: Davina's DNA search show's been left behind by the march of science

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace is now in its seventh series, helping people abandoned at birth to find out who their real parents were.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: You have to admire the understaffed police solving this brutal gang killing

The head of Operation Columbia, the hunt for seven men suspected of the gang-related killing of a 23-year-old delivery worker, Bellamy could call on 45 detectives and forensics specialists.

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2 w. ago The makers of this puff piece should have read the Mail... CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Savoy: Great Hotels Through Time

This dash through the hotel's history, narrated by Fay Ripley , was torn between the desire to coo over the elegant surrounds and gasp over the scandals.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Race Across The World: I could win Race Across The World's £20,000 first prize

As contestants neared the finish line at India 's southern tip, after a trek via train, bus and tuktuk from the Great Wall of China , all of them had cash to spare.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Surviving Syria's Prisons: Bravery of two brothers who exposed the atrocities of Assad's evil regime

What a strange power the television camera exercises over people. Point a lens at them and they will confess to crimes that, in court or under police questioning, they'd deny to their dying breath.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution on Ch4: All fired up like an angry Aga, chef Jamie gave the minister a roasting

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Has Radio 4's Amol Rajan been coaching Jamie Oliver on how to grill politicians? When he confronted the Education Secretary, she could barely finish a sentence.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Dan Snow & The Lost City: Like the foggy view, Dan Snow's trip to Machu Picchu is a damp squib

The fabled Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru is apparently the wettest place in South America. It certainly was on the day Dan Snow visited.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Jackal Speaks: From his jail cell, terrorist Carlos the Jackal tells of his plan to nuke France

When Carlos the Jackal's girlfriend, terrorist Magdalena Kopp, was jailed, he threatened to blow up nuclear power stations until she was released.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Dover 24/7: Britain's Busiest Port

A single consignment of fruit from Ecuador can consist of three million bananas packed onto nearly 700 pallets.

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4 w. ago Explosive plot twists make this noirish cold case thriller sizzle: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV

Are you a fan of Gary Oldman in Slow Horses? You'll like Dept Q. Love the cold cases on Unforgotten? Give Dept Q a try. Enjoy Rebus? You'll be at home with Dept Q.

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last month The revealing inside account of how Baroness Bra came undone: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone

Director Erika Jenkin's documentary builds to an infamous confrontation with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, with the Glasgow businesswoman squirming under questions about the PPE scandal.

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