Inside Monaco: Playground Of The Rich Rating: I May Destroy You Rating: Prince Albert of Monaco is a clutterbug. If he were living on benefits in Hull, you might see him on some programme with a title like The Nightmare Hoarder Next-Door, with piles of rotting clothes and magazines blocking every window. But as he … 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.
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Memo to revellers – it’s not just Covid that’s a threat to the NHS By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:57 BST, 5 June 2020 | Updated: 01:57 BST, 5 June 2020 Ambulance Rating: Secrets of Pompeii: Greatest Treasures Rating: Protect the NHS. That’s the slogan of … Read more
Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow Rating: Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things Rating: So many of Bruce Forsyth’s favourite catchphrases would be banned by the Fun Police today. He could hardly bring on his glamorous assistant Anthea Redfern, as he did every week for The Generation Game, and invite her to ‘give us a twirl!’ … Read more
Britain’s Best Parent? Rating: The First Team Rating: When my first son was born, a colleague with a brood bigger than the Von Trapp family gave me some advice: ‘That child,’ he said, ‘is a blank slate and it’s up to you to write his personality.’ Robin and Rin won the first round, with a … Read more
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