8 h. 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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56 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Joe Lycett's United States of Birmingham: Never mock America's gun laws when you're on a shooting range

Contrary to popular myth, Americans can do irony. They're quite capable of saying the opposite of what they mean, and doing it with a knowing twinkle.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Piano: No need to judge these pianists, just sit back and enjoy the stirring music

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Claudia Winkleman 's feelgood special The Piano is the only TV show with the power to halt the rush hour.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Stacey And Joe on BBC1: How brave of shy, retiring Stacey to let cameras follow her every move

Like all desperately shy people, brave Stacey Solomon simply has to put up with being filmed as she goes to McDonald's after an awards ceremony, or tries on outfits she hasn't worn for 15 years.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Reunion on BBC1: Sign language speaks louder than words in this powerful deaf thriller

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: It's one thing to hear a man tell his estranged daughter, 'I've missed you.' It's quite another to see him clutch his hands to his heart in wordless anguish.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Grace on ITV1: If you need extra time to save lives at a football match, just whistle for it

Detective Chief Inspector Roy Grace, I wonder if you could spare a few moments to help with our enquiries, please.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Science Fiction In The Atomic Age on Sky Arts: The sci

Vietnam war veteran Joe Haldeman is a human time machine. Now 81 and probably the world's greatest living sci-fi author, he has an unequalled record of predicting the future.

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last month CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Neil & Martin's Bon Voyage: Still behaving badly... it's Morrissey and Clunes on their 'lads' road trip

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Badly behaved or not, most men never grow up. That's why blokes are never insulted to be called 'lads' or 'boys'.

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