2 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Repair Shop: VE Day Special on BBC1: For sheer emotional impact, VE Day special was Repair Shop's best yet

As eloquent as any oratory was the stunned silence on The Repair Shop : VE Day Special, as a man named Eddy was presented with a display case for his father's World War II medals.

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3 d. ago My verdict on this justice show? Gimmicky and depressing, m'lud! CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews You Be The Judge: Crime & Punishment

Hypocrisy is not a criminal offence. If it were, Britain's jails would be overflowing with self-righteous eco-activists who think they're better than everyone else.

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8 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews VE Day 80: We Were There on BBC2: Vivid memories... both heartwarming and hair

Ken's vivid memories threw a shockingly different light onto our usual pictures of how the Allies celebrated the dawn of peace, in VE Day 80: We Were There.

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9 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Genius Game: David Tennant's game show was baffling and boring . . . then it got even worse!

It takes a particular sort of genius to decode the rules of ITV 's insanely convoluted brain-twister.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC1: Maharajahs, slaves, war heroes... Mishal's was quite the family tree

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: They don't do big emotions on BBC Radio 4's morning news magazine, the Today programme. No screaming matches, no blubbing.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Honesty Box on E4: To be honest, the lie detector twist's wasted on this third

According to E4's new matchmaking format The Honesty Box, 90 per cent of people on dating apps are lying - about their age, their earnings, their intentions and practically everything else.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Louis Theroux: The Settlers on BBC2: Theroux's bumbling gaucheness is wearing uncomfortably thin...

Mae West made her final movie, Sextette, when she was 84. She stars as a movie queen so irresistible that an entire squad of athletes are desperate to seduce her.

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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