9 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Bookish on U&Alibi: Foyle's War fan? Then try Gatiss's eccentric bookshop

Mark Gatiss, the writer and star of Bookish, plays amateur sleuth Gabriel Book, who is only too aware that the local police sergeant (Blake Harrison) has suspicions about his sexuality.

Events

36 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Mix Tape: A blissful wallow in the nostalgic afterglow of innocent young love

Funny thing - until the advent of the Pill in the 1960s, most young women married their first serious boyfriend.

Politics

56 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Are your neighbours Neanderthals? They really were 300,000 years ago

Ella Al-Shamahi, tracing the development of Homo sapiens across 300,000 years of prehistory in the first of a five-part series, Human, discovered two caves on the side of Mount Carmel in Israel.

Culture

3 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Hollywood starlet's legacy of sadness, regret... and one final shocking twist

Jayne Mansfield was born into the wrong era. She wanted to be another Marilyn Monroe, when really she was a smarter, more talented prototype of Katie Price.

Events

6 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews: The Great Plague with Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman: Moralising TV presenters spoiled this absorbing look at plague

Hard to credit, but the lockdown imposed on London during the Great Plague of 1665 was better organised and devised with more common sense than our own Covid shambles.

Politics

7 d. ago Rob Rinder uncovers secret plague burials and strange cures in new series airing tonight

TV presenter Rob Rinder and historian Ruth Goodman team up to look at The Plague, the Great Fire of London and the Blitz in a fascinating new series

Society

7 d. 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.

Events

8 d. 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.

Politics

9 d. 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'.

Politics

1 week 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.

Politics

1 week 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.

Politics

2 w. 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.

Politics

2 w. 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.

Politics

2 w. 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.

Events

3 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.

Politics

4 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.

Politics