Anton Du Beke is not a man easily given to emotion. The original and most popular of all the Strictly Come Dancing professionals, he has spent the majority of his life gliding across polished floors smiling serenely despite dislocated toes, agonising back injuries and a horribly dysfunctional upbringing. ‘I cry all the time now,’ Anton Du … Read more
Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure Monday & Tuesday, BBC2 Rating: Breeders Thursday, Sky One Rating: I had always thought Miriam Margolyes was one of those (rare, very rare) women who are perfectly fine with the way they look. I certainly remember one episode of The Real Marigold Hotel where she declined a makeover offered by some Russian … Read more
7 Events: From a Titian exhibition to Belgravia on TV and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Event picks the top things to do this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 01:18 BST, 15 March 2020 The Art Show: Titian – Love, Desire, Death For … Read more
Misbehaviour Cert: 12A, 1hr 46mins Rating: We live in seismic times for the women’s movement, with the Time’s … Read more
From Sue Perkins: An Hour Or So With… to Giovanna Fletcher’s Happy Mum, Happy Baby and The Shrink Next Door, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 01:27 BST, 15 March 2020 Sue Perkins: An Hour Or So With… Comedian Perkins rustles up a celebrity guest and … Read more
THURSDAY, MARCH 12 Normally, the news that I’ve just been voted 13th on the annual London Power List would bring me irrational pleasure, particularly as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle came joint 20th, which I know will really irk them both. Yet how utterly pointless and irrelevant such an ‘accolade’ seems today, as coronavirus sweeps … Read more
Angela Rippon was responsible for one of the most memorable moments in British television history. It came in the Morecambe & Wise Christmas Special in 1976, when 20 million gawped as she emerged from behind her Nine O’Clock News desk to high-kick round the studio like an autocue Ginger Rogers. Four decades on, give or … Read more
DISNEY + The Mandalorian ‘Is it true that you guys never take off your helmets?’ a prisoner asks his captor, the eponymous Mandalorian in the first episode of this eight-episode Star Wars spin-off. ‘Is it true that you guys never take off your helmets?’ a prisoner asks his captor, the eponymous Mandalorian in the first episode … Read more
From Jo Brand on Table Manners to the eight-part drama Blackout, Castaway and The Coronavirus Podcast, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 21 March 2020 Table Manners Every week on this big-hearted podcast, singer Jessie Ware and her mum Lennie invite a celebrity guest … Read more
It’s Mother’s Day and my motto is: let taste triumph over price tag! Try these options for fun and affordable fizz By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 BST, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 21 March 2020 Mother’s Day is here and what better way to show her you … Read more