Deborah Copaken, a writer on Netflix‘s hit series Emily In Paris, penned a powerful op-ed about I May Destroy not earning a single Golden Globe nomination. Despite her own series picking up two major nods, the 54-year-old author and photojournalist found the British drama’s snub unfathomable. ‘Now, am I excited that Emily In Paris was nominated,’ Copaken wrote in a Guardian … Read more
Katie Price: Harvey And Me BBC1, Monday Rating: Back Channel 4, Thursday Rating: I wonder what you think of when you think of Katie Price, aka ‘Jordan’. A lot of things, probably. The boob jobs. The hair extensions. The self-marketing. The branded bed linen that I once saw on sale at Matalan. The marriages that … Read more
Finding Alice ITV, Sunday Rating: It’s A Sin Channel 4, Friday Rating: The opening episode of Finding Alice began with Alice (Keeley Hawes) being shown around her new home. That is, the multi-million-pound ‘smart’ house her husband Harry (Jason Merrells) has designed and built, although why she has never seen it before, not even while it … Read more
The Great is a period romp based on the life of Catherine the Great, but it is not your average period romp as it is lavishly filthy, wonderfully funny, snappily paced, savagely witty and totally modern.
BBC podcast presenter Deborah James has urged people to still attend medical check-ups and seek treatment despite the news of another national lockdown. The mother-of-two, 38, from London, who presents the Radio 5 Live podcast ‘You, me and the Big C’, appeared on Lorraine today – just hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson plunged England back into … Read more
Black Narcissus BBC1, Sunday-Thursday Rating: The Serpent BBC1, Friday Rating: Black Narcissus is based on the novel by Rumer Godden and was famously filmed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger in 1947, starring Deborah Kerr, but what that told so successfully in under two hours, this doesn’t manage in three. This was soooooooo slooooooooow. It’s a … Read more
Most of us, if pressed to take part in a charity run, could root around in our wardrobes and muster a pair of Lycra shorts, trainers and a sports top. And if we couldn’t find something suitable, we’d nip out and buy it. Not Deborah Meaden. When the Dragons’ Den star agreed to join a … Read more
Accused: Trial In The Outback Tues/Wed, Channel 5 Rating: Talent YouTube Rating: Something strange has happened at Channel 5 lately, by which I mean it isn’t as obsessed with, say, endlessly showing ‘the human face’ of bailiffs, and is actually offering some decent shows to watch. I think the opposite of rot set in with … Read more
The Undoing Monday, Sky Atlantic, Now TV Rating: Who killed Elena Alves? At first I thought it was Jonathan (Hugh Grant). Then I thought it was Grace (Nicole Kidman). Then I thought it was their boy, Henry (Noah Jupe). Then I thought it was Grace’s friend Sylvia (Lily Rabe), because otherwise why was she there? … Read more
Deborah Hutton, 58, reflects on life six months after her skin cancer surgery… and reveals why she’s partially ‘grateful’ for her diagnosis By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:39 GMT, 3 December 2020 | Updated: 00:39 GMT, 3 December 2020 Deborah Hutton underwent life saving surgery to remove two skin cancers from her … Read more