What’s on TV tonight: I Literally Just Told You, And Just Like That, and more
The Girl BeforeBBC One, 9pmAnother in the long line of recent bestsellers with The Girl… in the title, JP Delaney’s thriller is perfect for TV adaptation, partly…
Christmas at Castle Howard, review: Bah! Humbug to this glorified sales brochure
Like a schmaltzy movie you’ve seen a thousand times, the familiar becomes acceptable, even desirable, at Christmas time. That’s lucky for Channel 4’s Christmas at Castle Howard…
What’s on TV tonight: Portrait Artist of the Year, Christmas At Castle Howard, and more
Wednesday December 15 Portrait Artist of the Year 2021Sky Arts, 8pm & 9pmIt has been a competition overbrimming with talent this year, proof if any were needed…
Channel 4 directors blocked as privatisation decision looms
Mr Hooper directed The King’s Speech, the Oscar-winning film starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham-Carter. Both of their terms are due to expire on Dec…
What’s on TV tonight: Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens, Landscapers and more
Portrait Artist of the Year 2021Sky Arts, 8pm & 9pmIt has been a competition overbrimming with talent this year, proof if any were needed that the art…
David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us, review – this documentary became a self-indulgent gripe
Remember when Friends Reunited was the limit of our social networking? Where the biggest pitfall was the temptation to rekindle an affair with the person you snogged…
What’s on TV tonight: David Baddiel: Social Media, Anger and Us, the Succession finale, and more
Portrait Artist of the Year 2021Sky Arts, 8pm & 9pmIt has been a competition overbrimming with talent this year, proof if any were needed that the art…
What’s on TV tonight: Walk the Line, Heaven Made, Top Gear, and more
Portrait Artist of the Year 2021Sky Arts, 8pm & 9pmIt has been a competition overbrimming with talent this year, proof if any were needed that the art…
What’s on TV tonight: Reel Stories: Sting, Strictly, and more
Portrait Artist of the Year 2021Sky Arts, 8pm & 9pmIt has been a competition overbrimming with talent this year, proof if any were needed that the art…
What’s on TV tonight: Vienna Blood, The Expanse, and more
Portrait Artist of the Year 2021Sky Arts, 8pm & 9pmIt has been a competition overbrimming with talent this year, proof if any were needed that the art…
Gratuitous smut that will put you off quiche for life – How to Make it on OnlyFans, review
Who knows what kind of websites are distracting Channel 4 schedulers at the moment, but running How to Make It on OnlyFans merely 10 weeks after Sex…
What’s on TV tonight: And Just Like That…, Parking Fines: The Big Con?, and more
Walk the LineITV, 8pmWhile he may be stepping back from his on-screen commitments, Simon Cowell remains as active as ever in concocting variations on the talent show….
Don’t be fooled by nostalgia – Christmas TV was always terrible
But otherwise, a Two Ronnies episode aside, you had to take your pick from some entertainment “special” called London Night Out, presented by Tom O’Connor, Last of…
What’s on TV tonight: Dolly: the Sheep that Changed the World, Welcome to Earth, and more
Vienna BloodBBC Two, 9pmAfter a relatively formulaic first series full of fringe pleasures, the Viennese policier based on the novels of Frank Tallis returns in much the…
What’s on TV tonight: Landscapers, Wordsworth & Coleridge: Road Trip and more
Vienna BloodBBC Two, 9pmAfter a relatively formulaic first series full of fringe pleasures, the Viennese policier based on the novels of Frank Tallis returns in much the…
What’s on TV tonight: Two Doors Down, Forensics: the Real CSI, and more
Vienna BloodBBC Two, 9pmAfter a relatively formulaic first series full of fringe pleasures, the Viennese policier based on the novels of Frank Tallis returns in much the…
What’s on TV tonight: new BBC drama You Don’t Know Me, the return of The Great and the Doctor Who finale
Vienna BloodBBC Two, 9pmAfter a relatively formulaic first series full of fringe pleasures, the Viennese policier based on the novels of Frank Tallis returns in much the…
Kirstie Allsopp: ‘Covid has definitely revealed a mealy-mouthed gutlessness in people’
‘If you say there is ignorance about this, you are shouted down. “Rubbish!” they say. Of course, young women are absolutely fed up with being told about…
What’s on TV tonight: 48 Hours to Victory, Superman & Lois, and more
Vienna BloodBBC Two, 9pmAfter a relatively formulaic first series full of fringe pleasures, the Viennese policier based on the novels of Frank Tallis returns in much the…
What’s on TV tonight: Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas, Secrets of the Imperial War Museum, and more
Friday December 3 Kirstie’s Handmade ChristmasChannel 4, 8pmA seasonal fixture since 2014, one of the more reliable signs that Christmas is not far off now is Kirstie…
Even our most woke students can’t define cancel culture
The problem with Cancelled (Channel 4), a reasoned attempt by Richard Bacon to get to the heart of cancel culture, is that nobody is quite sure what…
Richard Bacon: ‘Cancel culture is public shaming under a new guise’
Some of the examples Bacon mentions in our conversation, however, are much more everyday and closer to home. “A younger female friend came round to see us…
What’s on TV tonight: Cancelled, Radio 2 in Concert: Duran Duran, and more
Kirstie’s Handmade ChristmasChannel 4, 8pmA seasonal fixture since 2014, one of the more reliable signs that Christmas is not far off now is Kirstie Allsopp’s show offering…
What’s on TV tonight: Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism, The Big Leap and more
Wednesday December 1 Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and AutismBBC One, 9pmWhen presenter Paddy McGuinness discovered that each of his three children was autistic, he struggled…
What’s on TV tonight: Who Do You Think You Are?, Britney, and more
Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and AutismBBC One, 9pmWhen presenter Paddy McGuinness discovered that each of his three children was autistic, he struggled to accept the…