49 h. ago Poirot's on his hols, but all we get is a dreary lecture on the evils of empire: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV

Sir David Suchet on a surfboard is quite the mental image. In a striped 1920s bathing costume, the great thespian would be a picture of Hercule Poirot on his holidays.

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3 d. ago Treating these children as guinea pigs and lab rats was unforgivable: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV

The grief of mother Angela Newcombe is almost unbearable to witness. It hits you in the stomach and twists up towards the heart, a physical anguish.

Politics

4 d. ago Don't put our Rose in danger, she's a national treasure in the making: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV

Cruelty to puppies is one. Sneering at the late Queen is another. But most reprehensible of all, a crime beyond forgiveness, is being horrid to Rose Ayling-Ellis .

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8 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Forever Home: This property show felt like it would drag on for ever

These days, sex and money are all anyone ever wants to talk about, particularly on TV. But many other ordinary and innocent topics have somehow become off-limits.

Society

9 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews David Frost Vs...: Journalist's humbling of Richard Nixon is a masterclass in the interviewer's art

The interview gave an unparalleled opportunity to study Nixon's face, a picture of political cunning under a mask of suspicion, thanks to British chat show host David Frost's lenghty inquisition.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Change Your Mind, Change Your Life: The BBC's dire new therapy series is worse than rubbish

Apparently, it's completely fine to tell someone who is paralysed by anxiety to switch to 'automatic pilot' and go through life like 'a little robot'.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Game: Jason Watkins's golfing ex detective lifts this psycho thriller above par...

Was there ever a game invented more pointless than golf - the time-killing occupation that's apparently obligatory for every retired chap on TV?

Sport

1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews A Life Among Elephants: Extraordinary life of the elephant man who took on the poachers...

When Saba and Dudu Douglas-Hamilton were growing up in Uganda, they lived in a derelict house on the banks of the Nile that was once a lodge used by Queen Elizabeth.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Repair Shop: VE Day Special on BBC1: For sheer emotional impact, VE Day special was Repair Shop's best yet

As eloquent as any oratory was the stunned silence on The Repair Shop : VE Day Special, as a man named Eddy was presented with a display case for his father's World War II medals.

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2 w. ago My verdict on this justice show? Gimmicky and depressing, m'lud! CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews You Be The Judge: Crime & Punishment

Hypocrisy is not a criminal offence. If it were, Britain's jails would be overflowing with self-righteous eco-activists who think they're better than everyone else.

Events

3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews VE Day 80: We Were There on BBC2: Vivid memories... both heartwarming and hair

Ken's vivid memories threw a shockingly different light onto our usual pictures of how the Allies celebrated the dawn of peace, in VE Day 80: We Were There.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Genius Game: David Tennant's game show was baffling and boring . . . then it got even worse!

It takes a particular sort of genius to decode the rules of ITV 's insanely convoluted brain-twister.

Sport

3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC1: Maharajahs, slaves, war heroes... Mishal's was quite the family tree

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: They don't do big emotions on BBC Radio 4's morning news magazine, the Today programme. No screaming matches, no blubbing.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Honesty Box on E4: To be honest, the lie detector twist's wasted on this third

According to E4's new matchmaking format The Honesty Box, 90 per cent of people on dating apps are lying - about their age, their earnings, their intentions and practically everything else.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Louis Theroux: The Settlers on BBC2: Theroux's bumbling gaucheness is wearing uncomfortably thin...

Mae West made her final movie, Sextette, when she was 84. She stars as a movie queen so irresistible that an entire squad of athletes are desperate to seduce her.

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4 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Penelope: Eat berries, hug trees and take your iPhone... The Gen Z guide to survival

If you can't imagine yourself being profoundly moved by a teenage girl weepily hugging a giant redwood tree in a forest, you're not going to like Penelope much.

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