19 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Trouble With Mr Doodle: Sensitively drawn portrait of Mr Doodle's psychotic breakdown

Doodling at work made Roger Har-greaves a multi-millionaire with him drawing cartoon characters in idle moments, which evolved into the Mr Men - Mr Tickle, Mr Greedy and many more.

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41 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Will we ever know the truth about ALL this serial scammer's evil lies?

As the true-crime documentary Bad Nanny unfolded, chilling parallels with another highly plausible but evil criminal emerged.

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65 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Heatwaves: The New Normal? It used to be called 'summer', now a hot spell has the BBC in meltdown

Weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas was having a meltdown in Heatwaves: The New Normal? as she predicted wildfires sweeping the UK and 'extreme heat' with 'extreme consequences'.

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3 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Inspirational Live Aid still brings a lump to the throat after 40 years

It's impossible to imagine anything with the rebellious energy of Band Aid happening now.

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6 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Supercruising: Life At Sea: Want to keep the taxman off the kids' inheritance? Blow it all on a cruise...

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Supercruising: Life At Sea follows couple Barry and Pam as they spend their life savings on a holiday around Madeira with the encouragement of their children.

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7 d. ago How family tragedy drove unlikely Formula 1 star Damon Hill to victory... CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Hill

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Damon Hill's F1 World Championship win in 1996 was significant because he was the son of Formula 1 world champion Graham Hill, who died in a plane crash in 1975.

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8 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews To Catch A Stalker: This stalking exposé ramped up the emotion but left out the facts

That's the gulf between Gen Z and the rest of us. It's not the lip fillers, nor the fact you probably remember Zara McDermott from Strictly Come Dancing instead of Love Island.

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9 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews 24 Hours In Police Custody: The Butcher Of Suburbia: Armchair sleuths will have cracked this case before the first ad break...

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Channel 4 is agog for anything to do with homes and properties, but the serious crime squad should leave guided tours to Phil and Kirstie.

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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 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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4 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.

Economics

4 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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