Soul Boy – Our Lives Rating: Men At The Barre – Inside The Royal Ballet Rating: When it comes to dance, every bloke is either a Baryshnikov or an Ed Balls, an athletic paragon or a Strictly heffalump. At any wedding disco, I resemble a broken Meccano kit with joints spinning in odd directions. That … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Slavery, a killer pirate… and a treasure chest of twisted history By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 01:44 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 01:44 BST, 27 May 2020 A House Through Time Rating: The Yorkshire Vet: The Peter Wright Story Rating: What a surprise. Of all the … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The great disappointment of ageing is that I find myself turning into a character from the Beano and not one of the funsters wielding a catapult.
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the weekend’s TV: Stealing raw meat from hungry lions? Now that’s real bravado! By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 01:25 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 01:30 BST, 25 May 2020 Walking With Elephants Rating: Britain’s Greatest Comedy Character Rating: Any walk with adventurer Levison Wood is exhausting, and not only … Read more
The Queen: Inside The Crown (ITV) Rating: What’s The Matter With Tony Slattery? (BBC2) Rating: What were we thinking? On Monday, March 9, the day Italy went into lockdown, the Queen with most of the senior royals and politicians squeezed into Westminster Abbey with 2,000 people to mark Commonwealth Day. Harry and Meghan were there, … Read more
The Real Marigold Hotel Rating: Paddington: A Year On The Tracks Rating: Quick, I’ve got a great idea. Take ten elderly celebs, give them cameras and send them off to live somewhere charming but cheap — Eastbourne, or maybe Ilfracombe — for the rest of lockdown. We’ll call the show Social Bubble. They can have … Read more
Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience Rating: Isolation Stories Rating: Like the grin on a Cheshire Cat, the British sense of humour is generally the last thing to go. Ask Neil, who has lived with crippling Parkinson’s disease for 17 years. ‘I was hoping to shake it off,’ he jokes. The gags on Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience … Read more
Why 10-year-old Max knocks grown-ups into a cocked hat! CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 00:07 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 00:43 BST, 6 May 2020 The A Word Rating: Life and Birth Rating: The best actor on the box right now isn’t Sandra Oh in Killing … Read more
Grayson’s Art Club Rating: The Great British Intelligence Test Rating: Three cheers for the irascible Maggi Hambling. While celebrities were falling over themselves to appear on Grayson’s Art Club (C4), the 74-year-old sculptress announced that either she did it her way or everyone else could get stuffed. First of all, she wasn’t doing any of this … Read more
The Real Marigold Hotel (BBC1) Rating: First Dates Hotel (C4) Rating: You can tell a lot about a celeb from what he packs in his suitcase. Henry ‘Blowers’ Blofeld, cricket commentator and bon viveur, took an armful of colourful shirts and a bottle of champagne to India, on The Real Marigold Hotel (BBC1). Paul ‘Chuckle … Read more