20 h. 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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43 h. 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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68 h. 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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68 h. ago The rise and fall of the BBC's Teflon Tim, the man who 'failed upwards': CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

Until the 58-year-old fell on his sword last night, it seemed nothing that happened on his watch as head of the British Broadcasting Corporation could shame him into quitting.

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5 d. ago Celebrity Traitors final was 'the best episode yet': CHRISTOPHER STEVENS hails the hotly

Such treachery! The sheer, shameless weaselling of it, blushing and giggling his way to victory when we all knew what a rotten double-crosser he was.

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5 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: How Pauline Collins, the star of Shirley Valentine, inspired so many lovelorn women

Shirley Valentine, the romantic comedy smash hit of the 1980s, made a global star of Pauline Collins, an actress already much loved by British television viewers.

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8 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Panorama: Trump And The Tech Titans on BBC1: Super

Would you trust a robot to do the babysitting? That's how half-baked multi-billionaire Elon Musk is trying to sell us Optimus, his 'autonomous assistant, humanoid friend'.

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9 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Game of Wool: Britain's Best Knitter: Stylish Tom Daley is the perfect host for the Great British Knit Off

Have you knitted yourself an emotional support chicken yet? Apparently, in the homespun world of crafting, it's a bit of a craze.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Art Detectives: It's no Old Master, but this brisk art world whodunnit is a decent copy

DI Palmer is an expert on every aspect of art from Grecian marbles to post-surrealists.

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Down Cemetery Road: Like Slow Horses? You'll love this

Her demeanour seems to say, 'This is how it is done, children. Watch closely and learn. 'She plays Zoe Boehm, one half of a shabby Oxford detective agency.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Mary At 90: A Lifetime Of Cooking: The horror! Mary's 1970s barbecue was a drain cover on breeze blocks

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Mary turned 90 last March, though she's as bright as ever, and for this six-part celebration she is giving cookery lessons in everything from spaghetti to sponge

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2 w. ago Farewell Sybil Fawlty: How Prunella Scales used her humble childhood and natural talent to turn John Cleese's creation into one of Britain's most iconic characters

She saw herself neither as a comedy actress nor a West End star - though she was certainly both, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Once Upon A Time In Space: Sexism, drugs, tragedy... a gripping look at astronauts and their families

The first hour of this four-part documentary was heavily weighted towards two stories - those of Ron McNair, the son of a Harlem mechanic, and Anna Fisher (pictured), the first mother to go into orbit.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews ITV1's Trigger Point: Cyanide extracted from fruit? There must be a WI maniac on the loose!

Kerry Godliman, as Dr Sonya Reeves, swaggered into the Met's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit while new boy Rich (Mark Rowley), an Afghanistan veteran, was working on his torso definition.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Ridge: The tension and paranoia are electric in this bingeable murder mystery...

Lyle lifts this murder mystery, set in a small New Zealand town, out of the rut of the ordinary, because she's so good at conveying inner tension.

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Lazarus: A shrink for murder victims? This supernatural thriller is totally mad

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: For Dr Joel, or Laz to his friends, in the six-part supernatural thriller Lazarus, 'I see dead people' could be the motto on his business card.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Forsytes: Sex, money, grand balls, shirtless heroes... The Forsytes is brilliant

When The Forsyte Saga aired at the end of the 1960s, Britain was scandalised. Pictured: Revival programme The Forsytes

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews ITV1's Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening: Good game? Brucie would never have gone near this boring show

Romesh Ranganathan is the new king of Saturday nights. Even Bruce Forsyth never hosted three weekend shows on separate channels, one after another.

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Iris Affair on Sky Atlantic: A wonderfully loopy thriller that pays homage to classic Hitchcock

Don't worry, there's a simple way to escape detection. Just put on a pair of glasses... and you'll be unrecognisable.

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4 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Witches Of Essex on Sky History: Rylan's a Tudor historian now, with a PhD from the University of YouTube

That Rylan's come on nicely, hasn't he? I don't really remember him on X Factor or Celebrity Big Brother, I admit, but it seems like only yesterday he was presenting Supermarket Sweep.

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