CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews last night’s TV: How do we put an end to racism? Just leave it to our schoolkids By Claudia Connell for the Daily Mail Published: 01:58 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 01:58 BST, 26 June 2020 The School That Tried to End Racism Rating: Britain’s Best Parent Rating: Filming for The School … Read more
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces Rating: Scandalous! The Tabloid that Changed America Rating: The enduring appeal of George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (C4) is that he talks about buildings in a no-nonsense, blokey way. So when, last night, the architect mentioned that a project wouldn’t just transform a space but ‘lives as well’, alarm bells sounded. Uh … Read more
The Luminaries Rating: Lost Pyramids Of The Aztecs Rating: Flashback, as a method of bridging time and filling the viewer in on a narrative, can be a highly effective method in film. If overused though, it can be frustrating, confusing and downright annoying. In new BBC drama The Luminaries, the time-jump trick was constantly employed … Read more
Small Island (NT at Home, YouTube) Verdict: Chastening Windrush saga Rating: Small island opened last year at London’s National Theatre in the wake of the Windrush scandal. Now, with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, the epic stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel feels more timely than ever. But much as I admire Levy’s … Read more
Keeping Britain Fed Rating: Amazing Spaces Rating: Malcolm would be regarded as a proper pest these days. He was the drippy student, played by Nigel Plaskitt in a series of Seventies telly ads, who tried to plead he was too poorly to sit his exams. His mum (Barbara New) was having none of it. ‘Course … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews weekend TV: They promised us a tale of royal skulduggery and then… pffft! By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:47 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 02:03 BST, 15 June 2020 The Queen And The Coup Rating: Great Paintings Of The World With Andrew Marr Rating: What a downright swizz. … Read more
Rave five-star reviews that influence the online shopping habits of millions of consumers are scams in half of all cases, warn industry experts. The rip-off ruse involves fraudsters posting fake ‘top buy’ reviews on the internet to trick people into buying often sub-standard goods and services – sometimes even potentially dangerous counterfeits. While major online … Read more
The Madness Of George III (NT At Home, Youtube) Verdict: Gatiss is king of all he surveys Rating: The highlight of my lockdown so far has been discovering Mark Gatiss to be one of our finest leading actors. Last week I felt he almost stole the show from Tom Hiddleston in Coriolanus. And this week … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Rumpole of the Bailey he is not. Disgraced defence lawyer Andrew Fraser, is a 68-year-old Australian with a face like a squashed peach.
This House (NT at Home, YouTube) Rating: Verdict: Still rocks the house Unprecedented (BBC iPlayer) Rating: Verdict: Unexciting This House is the Westminster political drama that keeps on giving. It’s the third time I’ve seen James Graham’s brilliant play and, if anything, it’s grown in stature thanks to the hung parliament shenanigans of last year. … Read more