25 h. 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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48 h. 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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3 d. ago 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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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Summerwater: Fans of creepy mystery Twin Peaks will love this psychological thriller

There has to be a special circle in hell reserved for people who ruin your summer holiday. May it rain there endlessly, and be filled with sadistic passport officials and drunken stag parties.

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2 w. ago Loud music, flirting, strip poker...old folks homes never looked so fun, CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Play For Today: Never Too Late

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Albert Ladysmith Steptoe didn't know what he was missing. If he had realised old folks homes were such hotbeds of sex, he'd have been in like a junkyard rat.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews: Richard Burton: Wild Genius: A deft tribute to Burton's career

Everyone had a Richard Burton story. The man was a human anecdote machine, generating clouds of them wherever he went, eagerly gathered up and treasured by all who met him.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son: An hour of hero

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: With a rematch between Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn looming, it seems biased to screen a documentary lauding one of the fighters and his father

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Trespasses on Channel 4: This wretched 70s

At the end of the second episode of Trespasses, primary school teacher Cushla (Lola Petticrew) searches the house for her mother's hidden stashes of booze, and finds enough to fill Belfast docks.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Kingdom: Mesmerising stories, breathtaking pictures... this is perfect family TV

Its depth of erudition is remarkable. Narrated by the great Sir David Attenborough, Kingdom is packed with well-researched, informative detail.

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