6 h. 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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3 d. 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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4 d. 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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5 d. 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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6 d. 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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7 d. 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 w. ago Feuding royal rivals William and Harry go to war. Sound familiar? CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews BBC's King & Conqueror

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: James Norton plays Harold II and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau his old friend turned bitterest enemy, William Duke of Normandy, in King And Conqueror.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Hostage: Affairs, asylum seekers, 'Allo 'Allo accents... Netflix's drama is nuts!

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Head for the bunkers - nuclear grade hokum incoming! The heart of British democracy is under attack.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Mudtown: Let off a pet killer? This soft

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Are you an easy touch, a bleeding-heart liberal? Take this simple quiz to find out, based on a courtroom scene in the South Wales crime drama Mudtown.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Tommy: The Good, The Bad, The Fury... and asks why we need five hours of this spectacularly dense reality star

This 10-part documentary follows Tommy around his soulless Cheshire mansion, goes motoring with him in his flash cars, and hangs around at the gym while he trains for his next fight.

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2 w. ago The genius man haunted by the patients he couldn't save... CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Confessions Of A Brain Surgeon

Henry is a retired neurosurgeon who spends much of his free time in Ukraine, a country he loves, helping out in the operating theatre at Lviv hospital.

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3 w. ago Alien: Earth review: This surreal Disney+ reboot is a true genre

Panto season will never be the same again. Disney have invented a new kind of movie sequel crossover, updating Sigourney Weaver 's horror classic Alien by blending it with Peter Pan.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews In Flight on Ch4: Spare a thought for the Bulgarian tourist board after this dark thriller

The opening three minutes of In Flight were crammed with so much backstory, I had to check this rush of events wasn't a recap of an earlier series.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Celebs Go Dating on E4: Television hits the most wretched abyss with this atrocity of a series

Nadir: that's the word. It's the lowest point possible, the utter depths, the most wretched abyss... the very definition of Celebs Go Dating.

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4 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Antiques Roadshow: VJ Day Special on BBC1: Poignant keepsakes of the Forgotten Army brought a lump to the throat...

The words are inscribed on war memorials across the country: 'When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today.'

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