4 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last year's TV: My wish for 2026? Ditch the woke ideas and give us a new Nora Batty

Well, this is glamorous. Following a minor op on my legs, I spent Christmas in a pair of black surgical compression stockings . . . much to my wife's hilarity.

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53 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: A cocky Gladiator steals the show as The Apprentice sends itself up

Here he is, noisiest of the stars on a festive edition of the boardroom game show, pushing his mush into every frame and yelling his gormless catchphrase, 'Bosh!'

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3 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Death In Paradise: Swindon's not exactly paradise, but this whodunnit was still a delight

The more impossible the killings, the more delightful this show is. And this 90-minute special served up a real puzzler... because while the corpse was in the Caribbean, the murder weapon was in Wiltshire.

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6 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: The Chinese mafia's running amok, who you gonna call? The midwives!

Ronnie and Reggie Kray revered the nuns of Nonnatus House, or so says Dr Turner, in Call The Midwife (pictured).

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8 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Stuffed: Even an elf smashed on eggnog could see how this dire comedy would end

Guz Khan's turkey of a festive sitcom, Stuffed, has one claim to originality. It is the first show I've seen that needs its own built-in spoiler alert.

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9 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Tantalising snippets from the papal conclave

There were rare moments in the documentary that revealed some of the real secrets from the Conclave last April. All those involved in electing the Pope take a solemn oath to preserve its mysteries.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Wild Horses, The Rockies and Me: Manes so magnificent they would make Claudia Winkleman proud

Claudia's equine lookalikes had their hoofprints all over cameraman Gordon Buchanan's Wild Horses, The Rockies And Me, as he spent three weeks in the Canadian wilderness.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Fallout on Amazon Prime Video: Crass, derivative, disjointed... and this drivel cost £15million an episode!

For an extra £2.99 a month, viewers of Amazon Prime Video's post-apocalyptic drama Fallout, soaked in ultra-violence, can skip the ad breaks. That's one offer I won't be taking up.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews What's The Monarchy For? BBC's Dimbleby accusing the royals of rewriting history? That's rich...

The hypocrisy of it is comical. David Dimbleby spent the opening five minutes, in the final part of his scathing assault on the Crown, accusing the Royal Family of manipulating history.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Imposter: About as subtle as a slap in the face, but this pacy, soapy thriller's a treat

If your telly life is incomplete without Australian sun, surf and shameless overacting, this week's nightly drama The Imposter will satisfy your addiction to schlock.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Accidental Tourist on ITV1: Ant and Dec treated their pal Stephen Mulhern's phobias like a huge joke... and it left me cold

A cheeky entertainer and keen conjuror on screen, in real life Stephen Mulhern has panic attacks whenever circumstances start to spin out of his control.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Celebrity Race Across The World: It was the most thrilling series yet, but this pell

If I'd ever been tempted to chance malaria and the Zika virus , and decamp to the tropics, this pell-mell race through Central America has well and truly put me off.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The 1% Club Rollover: Light, fun, and no celebrities... why Lee Mack's clever quiz is a winner

Part of the genius of this format is that the players are also the audience. It's also hugely enjoyable to play a quiz that doesn't rely on general knowledge

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The War Between The Land And The Sea: Woke, repetitive and stultifyingly dull, this Doctor Who spin

Help us, Doctor, we need you! This is a distress call to the Tardis - pleading for rescue from the drippiest sci-fi slop ever to dribble out of our screens.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Kirstie's Handmade Christmas: One slip

Kirstie Allsopp goes more bonkers every Christmas. In years gone by, we've seen her crafting reindeer heads from chicken wire and moss, and sawing angel wings out of sheets of bronze.

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4 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Sycamore Gap Mystery: Sycamore Gap crime is just the case for Miss Maple and Sherlock Elms...

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: This was a police investigation that had it all - a shocking crime , public outcry, dogged detectives, ans false leads . . . everything except blood.

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4 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews What's The Monarchy For? Dimbleby's flawed views of royalty (and the BBC) are rooted in the past

Instead of a scarlet tunic and top hat, David Dimbers was sporting a natty pair of green braces. Now 87, he was looking a little rheumy around the eyes, but his mind is as sharp as ever.

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last month CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews yesterday's TV: This touching twist on The Repair Shop taps into our love of nostalgia

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: That sweetly touching story sets the template for this series. The format could easily be extended to fill an hour at primetime, with two builds per episode.

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