The Luminaries Sunday & Monday, BBC1 Rating: Talking Heads Tuesday & Thursday, BBC1 Rating: The Luminaries is an adaptation of Eleanor Catton’s Man Booker prize-winning novel, set in New Zealand during the gold rush, and told here with so many time jumps, so frequently, that all your focus was on when something was happening rather … Read more
The Salisbury Poisonings Sunday-Tuesday, BBC1 Rating: My Brilliant Friend Friday, Sky Atlantic Rating: The Salisbury Poisonings was way over the top, honestly. A Russian spy. A nerve agent so deadly that one spoonful could kill thousands. The local branch of Zizzi, now contaminated with more than just corporate, mediocre Italian food. The race to close … Read more
On the mend: Deborah Hutton, 58, enjoys a walk with her dog Popcorn after bravely revealing her facial scars following surgery to remove two skin cancers By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:20 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 07:20 BST, 16 June 2020 Deborah Hutton is on the mend after recently undergoing … Read more
Staged Wednesday, BBC1 Rating: Sitting In Limbo Monday, BBC1 Rating: Two excellent shows this week: one that is pure joy, and one that will drive you to such anger you may well wish to push every slavery statue there ever was into Bristol dock. (Or any dock.) Between the two of them it means, alas, … Read more
Media personality Deborah Hutton has revealed she is recovering well after having surgery to remove two skin cancers from her face. On Thursday, the 58-year-old bravely posted a photo of herself to Instagram, showing the visible scars on her chin and cheek. Deborah said she was ‘healing well’ and urged her followers to get their … Read more
Deborah Hutton blasts ‘hypocritical’ coronavirus rules supporting pubs opening in NSW but not gyms… after she was caught breaking into a closed beach during lockdown By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:30 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 05:40 BST, 31 May 2020 Deborah Hutton has come out swinging against the NSW Government … Read more
Dr Deborah Birx has refused to rule out a second coronavirus lockdown and reminded beachgoers on Sunday to socially distance and wear masks as they mark the unofficial start of summer amid the pandemic. Last week, President Donald Trump addressed the potential of shutting down the country again if a second wave of the coronavirus hits … Read more
What’s The Matter With Tony Slattery? Thursday, BBC2 Rating: The Big Flower Fight Netflix Rating: This week a new Netflix show that mercilessly plunders the Bake Off/Sewing Bee format, and a documentary on the comedian Tony Slattery, who was ubiquitous in the late 1980s and early 1990s before suddenly disappearing from view. And while I’m … Read more
Hospital Special: Fighting Covid-19 Rating: On the afternoon of March 28, a Saturday, my father was taken by ambulance to the Royal Free Hospital in North London suffering from severe breathlessness and chest pains. No one was allowed to go with him. He was discharged at 3am on the Sunday morning, and then died later … Read more
Isolation Stories Monday-Thursday, ITV Rating: Grayson’s Art Club Monday, Channel 4 Rating: Jeff Pope’s Isolation Stories is a great technological achievement but not so much a dramatic one. Made about lockdown during lockdown, it’s intended to reflect what’s going on while it’s going on, which is mostly staring out the window wondering if you’ll ever … Read more