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• Cold Feet, episode 6 review: back to its best and soon may it return – The Telegraph
  Cold Feet, episode 6 review: back to its best and soon may it return  The Telegraph'I do.' They were the first words of Adam (James Nesbitt) in this current series of Cold Feet (ITV) and proved to be his last too. Neither were wedding vows, the ... read more
  Published on 18-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Baptiste, episode 1 recap: the twists have already begun in this spin-off of The Missing – The Telegraph
  Baptiste, episode 1 recap: the twists have already begun in this spin-off of The Missing  The TelegraphThe grizzled French detective from The Missing returned with his own spin-off series – and it promised to be another dark and tangled tale with a pan-European ... read more
  Published on 17-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Traitors, episode one review: Wobbly, claustrophobic and not that thrilling… yet – The Telegraph
  Traitors, episode one review: Wobbly, claustrophobic and not that thrilling... yet  The TelegraphLast week's kerfuffle over Churchill – John McDonnell dubbed him a “villain”, Nicholas Soames dubbed McDonnell a “Poundland Lenin” – was mainly ... read more
  Published on 17-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Joanne Froggatt interview: ‘Making the Downton Abbey movie was like a school reunion’ – The Telegraph
  Joanne Froggatt interview: ‘Making the Downton Abbey movie was like a school reunion’  The TelegraphHow tiny she is; neat and alert as a bird. And how steely. Joanne Froggatt's bright, expectant stare is a little unsettling. She seems to have been born knowing ... read more
  Published on 17-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Killing Eve series 2 trailer: Jodie Comer is bloodied but unbowed – The Telegraph
  Killing Eve series 2 trailer: Jodie Comer is bloodied but unbowed  The TelegraphJodie Comer's fashion-forward psychopath Villanelle returns in the first teaser trailer for BBC America's Killing Eve season two. ... read more
  Published on 15-02-2019
  5 months ago
• BBC’s This Week politics show to end as Andrew Neil steps down – The Telegraph
  BBC's This Week politics show to end as Andrew Neil steps down  The TelegraphThe BBC's long-running politics show This Week is to end after presenter Andrew Neil announced he was stepping down. ... read more
  Published on 15-02-2019
  5 months ago
• The Death of Aimee Spencer review: a would-be gritty true crime documentary let down by gratuitous celebrity packaging – The Telegraph
  The Death of Aimee Spencer review: a would-be gritty true crime documentary let down by gratuitous celebrity packaging  The TelegraphThere was a decent true crime documentary lurking inside The Death of Aimee Spencer (ITV) but it couldn't quite fight its way out of the gratuitous celebrity ... read more
  Published on 14-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Beecham House: first-look images released for Gurinder Chadha’s upcoming ITV drama – Entertainment Focus
  Beecham House: first-look images released for Gurinder Chadha's upcoming ITV drama  Entertainment FocusA series of first-look images have been released for Gurinder Chadha OBE's upcoming six-part ITV series Beecham House. Set to air in Spring, the series stars ... read more
  Published on 13-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits, review: a gritty portrait of British life at the margins – The Telegraph
  Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits, review: a gritty portrait of British life at the margins  The TelegraphSkint Britain: Friends Without Benefits (Channel 4) took a close and personal look at the Government's new benefits system, Universal Credit. Although UC is not ... read more
  Published on 13-02-2019
  5 months ago
• The Real Marigold on Tour, review: why this rumbustious series shows no sign of retiring – The Telegraph
  The Real Marigold on Tour, review: why this rumbustious series shows no sign of retiring  The TelegraphThe formidable Miriam Margolyes returned to our screens last night in The Real Marigold on Tour (BBC Two) and quickly showed that she has lost none of her ... read more
  Published on 13-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Kelsey Grammer reveals new details of Frasier reboot: ‘It’s a different setting’ – The Telegraph
  Kelsey Grammer reveals new details of Frasier reboot: ‘It’s a different setting’  The TelegraphIf Kelsey Grammer's latest comments are anything to go by, Dr Frasier Crane may no longer be “listening”. ... read more
  Published on 13-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Catastrophe, final episode review: a poignant send-off for Carrie Fisher as vicious rows lead to a happy ending – The Telegraph
  Catastrophe, final episode review: a poignant send-off for Carrie Fisher as vicious rows lead to a happy ending  The TelegraphFarewell then, Catastrophe (Channel 4). For the past four years, it has been one of the most sharply observed, scabrously funny comedies on TV, acutely nailing ... read more
  Published on 12-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Game of Thrones: What does it take to make the perfect episode? – The Telegraph
  Game of Thrones: What does it take to make the perfect episode?  The TelegraphWith the eighth series of Game of Thrones slated to be its last, HBO will be expecting record audiences and ratings, most likely for every episode. ... read more
  Published on 12-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Baftas 2019 review: Joanna Lumley flops in a shambolic, squirm-inducing luvvie-fest – The Telegraph
  Baftas 2019 review: Joanna Lumley flops in a shambolic, squirm-inducing luvvie-fest  The TelegraphForget dear old Thelma Schoonmaker. It was TV viewers who deserved an Achievement Award by the end of The British Academy Film Awards (BBC One) ... read more
  Published on 11-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Famous and Fighting Crime, review: Penny Lancaster stole the show in this arresting reality series – The Telegraph
  Famous and Fighting Crime, review: Penny Lancaster stole the show in this arresting reality series  The TelegraphHello, hello, hello, what's all this then? Not another entry in the “celebrities trying out jobs” genre is it, sonny? Fortunately, Famous and Fighting Crime (Channel ... read more
  Published on 11-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes reveals new ITV period drama Belgravia – iNews
  Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes reveals new ITV period drama Belgravia  iNewsJulian Fellowes, the Downton Abbey creator, is to return to ITV with a new period drama Belgravia set in the Victorian era among London's social elite. ... read more
  Published on 08-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Confessions of a Serial Killer with Piers Morgan, review: a documentary that’s more damp squib than killer revelations – The Telegraph
  Confessions of a Serial Killer with Piers Morgan, review: a documentary that's more damp squib than killer revelations  The TelegraphPiers Morgan clearly wanted to make a serious true crime documentary. ... read more
  Published on 07-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Das Boot episodes 1 & 2, review – a U-boat drama for the MeToo generation – The Telegraph
  Das Boot episodes 1 & 2, review - a U-boat drama for the MeToo generation  The TelegraphWhen someone at BBC News at Six accidentally spliced footage of Spitfires onto a recent story about Prime Minister Theresa May going to Brussels, it occurred ... read more
  Published on 06-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Behind Closed Doors: Through the Eyes of a Child, review: a sobering film about children living with domestic violence – Telegraph.co.uk
  Behind Closed Doors: Through the Eyes of a Child, review: a sobering film about children living with domestic violence  Telegraph.co.ukThe young have ever shorter childhoods – the internet and the mobile phone have seen to that. For the three quarters of a million children who witness domestic ... read more
  Published on 06-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Martin Clunes: Islands of America, review: infectiously enthusiastic – The Telegraph
  Martin Clunes: Islands of America, review: infectiously enthusiastic  The TelegraphWell, after all that diligent police work, we suppose he'd earned a holiday. *Fresh* from playing it straight as serial killer-catcher DCI Colin Sutton in true crime ... read more
  Published on 05-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century – Live Final, review: hopelessly contrived celebrity debate juxtaposed queasily with real tragedy – The Telegraph
  Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century - Live Final, review: hopelessly contrived celebrity debate juxtaposed queasily with real tragedy  The TelegraphIt was derided as X Factor razzmatazz masquerading as factual television and criticised for minimising the achievements of great women in history. But the ... read more
  Published on 05-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Hanna, review: this is a spy caper that cranks the tension up to 11 – The Telegraph
  Hanna, review: this is a spy caper that cranks the tension up to 11  The TelegraphJoe Wright's 2011 thriller Hanna was an audacious blend of spy caper and modern fairytale. Amazon Prime's eight-part remake is just as envelope-pushing, ... read more
  Published on 04-02-2019
  5 months ago
• The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 trailer: Super Bowl ad imitates Reagan commercial – ‘Wake up, America’ – The Telegraph
  The Handmaid's Tale season 3 trailer: Super Bowl ad imitates Reagan commercial - 'Wake up, America'  The TelegraphHulu kicked off the theme of women's empowerment during the Super Bowl with a trailer for its next season of the feminist show "The Handmaid's Tale. ... read more
  Published on 04-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Great British Car Journeys, review: nostalgic road trips, great and small, but without the drama – The Telegraph
  Great British Car Journeys, review: nostalgic road trips, great and small, but without the drama  The TelegraphOne of my abiding memories of All Creatures Great and Small is the opening credits: Christopher Timothy and Robert Hardy chortling in their Austin 7 while ... read more
  Published on 02-02-2019
  5 months ago
• David Bowie: Finding Fame, first look review: a tender portrait of the star who failed his BBC audition – Telegraph.co.uk
  David Bowie: Finding Fame, first look review: a tender portrait of the star who failed his BBC audition  Telegraph.co.ukSince his death in January 2016, David Bowie's legend has grown. He is arguably more famous now than ever. His ubiquity and the appearance of Aladdin ... read more
  Published on 01-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Russian Doll, Netflix review: a hipster rebooting of Groundhog Day with a lot of cynicism – but a lot of heart too – The Telegraph
  Russian Doll, Netflix review: a hipster rebooting of Groundhog Day with a lot of cynicism – but a lot of heart too  The TelegraphJust when it seemed Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror had cornered the market in puzzle-box television, up pops Russian Doll, an agreeably loopy magic realist ... read more
  Published on 01-02-2019
  5 months ago
• Camping, review: Lena Dunham’s remake fails to live up to Julia Davis’s perfect original – The Telegraph
  Camping, review: Lena Dunham's remake fails to live up to Julia Davis's perfect original  The TelegraphOne has to wonder what Lena Dunham (the creator of Girls) and long-time writing partner Jenni Konner were thinking when they decided to adapt Julia Davis's ... read more
  Published on 31-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Hospital, series 4, episode 4 review: a humbling visit to the heroes at Alder Hey – The Telegraph
  Hospital, series 4, episode 4 review: a humbling visit to the heroes at Alder Hey  The TelegraphEach week, a breakout star seems to emerge from outstanding fly-on-the-ward-wall series Hospital (BBC Two) and the instalment filmed at Liverpool's Alder Hey ... read more
  Published on 31-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Will Young threatens to report Grand Tour over ‘homophobic’ jokes – Telegraph.co.uk
  Will Young threatens to report Grand Tour over 'homophobic' jokes  Telegraph.co.ukWill Young has threatened to report The Grand Tour to Ofcom over its alleged "homophobic" *content*. The pop star accused the Amazon Prime motoring show ... read more
  Published on 30-01-2019
  6 months ago
• What Camilla Did Next, ITVBe review: Love Island-er whose day job was clearing landmines deserves better than this – The Telegraph
  What Camilla Did Next, ITVBe review: Love Island-er whose day job was clearing landmines deserves better than this  The TelegraphOn bikini-clad TV cattle market Love Island in summer 2017, Camilla Thurlow initially seemed the odd one out. ... read more
  Published on 30-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Steph & Dom: Can Cannabis Save Our Son?, review: an intimate and inspiring look at medicinal marijuana – The Telegraph
  Steph & Dom: Can Cannabis Save Our Son?, review: an intimate and inspiring look at medicinal marijuana  The TelegraphPeople probably have a perception that we have a privileged life without a care in the world,” said Steph Parker at the start of surprisingly emotive documentary ... read more
  Published on 28-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Ride Upon the Storm, review: viewers might need a leap of faith to stick with this new drama from the creator of Borgen – The Telegraph
  Ride Upon the Storm, review: viewers might need a leap of faith to stick with this new drama from the creator of Borgen  The TelegraphYou remember Adam Price? He is the Scandi alchemist who created an unmissable drama about Danish coalitions. The third and final series of Borgen was five ... read more
  Published on 28-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Dancing on Ice, episode 4 talking points: Gemma Collins faceplants the ice – The Telegraph
  Dancing on Ice, episode 4 talking points: Gemma Collins faceplants the ice  The TelegraphThe defrosted dance contest saw nine of the remaining 10 couples, a certain pair of judges and a diva's chin all hit the ice. Here are the talking points from week ... read more
  Published on 27-01-2019
  6 months ago
• The Last Survivors review: it was a privilege to hear these survivors’ stories – The Telegraph
  The Last Survivors review: it was a privilege to hear these survivors’ stories  The TelegraphWith anti-Semitism making disturbing incursions into public discourse, it is more important that ever to recognise where it can lead. The Last Survivors (BBC ... read more
  Published on 27-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Letters: Britain’s democratic deficit will only grow unless MPs change their attitude to Brexit – Telegraph.co.uk
  Letters: Britain’s democratic deficit will only grow unless MPs change their attitude to Brexit  Telegraph.co.ukSIR – Liam Fox says that “failure to deliver on Brexit would produce a yawning gap between Parliament and the people”. He fails to recognise, as do most MPs, ... read more
  Published on 27-01-2019
  6 months ago
• James Gandolfini’s son to play young Tony Soprano in prequel movie – The Telegraph
  James Gandolfini's son to play young Tony Soprano in prequel movie  The TelegraphJames Gandolfini's son will play a young Tony Soprano in the upcoming Sopranos sequel. ... read more
  Published on 23-01-2019
  6 months ago
• NTAs 2019: Ant and Dec in emotional win while Danny Dyer pays tribute to Harold Pinter – The Telegraph
  NTAs 2019: Ant and Dec in emotional win while Danny Dyer pays tribute to Harold Pinter  The TelegraphPresenting pair Ant and Dec have won big at the National Television Awards for the 18th time in a row, despite one half of the duo taking a break from TV. ... read more
  Published on 23-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Why the snobbery about Danny Dyer? He’s a serious acting talent – The Telegraph
  Why the snobbery about Danny Dyer? He's a serious acting talent  The TelegraphTuesday night saw actor Danny Dyer scoop Best Serial Drama Performance at the National TV Awards for his role as EastEnders pub landlord Mick Carter. ... read more
  Published on 23-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Small houses and spirituality: why Marie Kondo’s life-changing magic could have only come from Japan – Telegraph.co.uk
  Small houses and spirituality: why Marie Kondo's life-changing magic could have only come from Japan  Telegraph.co.ukKaraoke, manga, sushi. Ever since Japan emerged from isolation in the 1850s, the West has adopted its culture. Now, comes Marie Kondo: the 4' 8” tidying ... read more
  Published on 23-01-2019
  6 months ago
• National Television Awards: who will win, who should win – The Telegraph
  National Television Awards: who will win, who should win  The TelegraphBroadcasting's great, good and glamorous are clearing a space on their mantelpieces ahead of Wednesday night's 24th annual National Television Awards. ... read more
  Published on 22-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Ant McPartlin is back at work – but what did he do on his year off? – The Telegraph
  Ant McPartlin is back at work – but what did he do on his year off?  The TelegraphWhen Ant McPartlin returned to co-host I'm A Celebrity after his first rehab stint, in November 2017, it was an opportunity for the Geordie broadcaster and his ... read more
  Published on 21-01-2019
  6 months ago
• It Ain’t Half Hot Mum star Windsor Davies dies at 88 – The Telegraph
  It Ain't Half Hot Mum star Windsor Davies dies at 88  The TelegraphWindsor Davies, best known for his role as Sergeant Major in the Seventies BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, has died age 88. ... read more
  Published on 19-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour 2019: a night of tantalising extras and just a little drama – Birmingham Arena, review – The Telegraph
  Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour 2019: a night of tantalising extras and just a little drama - Birmingham Arena, review  The TelegraphThere was a barrage of screams when Stacey Dooley won last year's Strictly Come Dancing, but most of them were aimed not at the BBC documentary-maker, ... read more
  Published on 19-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Windsor Davies tribute: with the larger-than-life actor’s death, a little piece of my childhood has gone – Telegraph.co.uk
  Windsor Davies tribute: with the larger-than-life actor's death, a little piece of my childhood has gone  Telegraph.co.ukWindsor Davies once made me cry. And now news of his death aged 88 has brought a tear to my eye again. As a child, my mother took to me Felixstowe Spa ... read more
  Published on 19-01-2019
  6 months ago
• The Last Survivors, BBC Two, first-look review: this Holocaust documentary is essential viewing – Telegraph.co.uk
  The Last Survivors, BBC Two, first-look review: this Holocaust documentary is essential viewing  Telegraph.co.ukHolocaust education is a necessary part of 21st century schooling, and The Last Survivors, an extraordinary new documentary from Arthur Cary, is the most ... read more
  Published on 18-01-2019
  6 months ago
• The Day Today: 10 sketches they wouldn’t get away with in 2019, and the stories behind them – Telegraph.co.uk
  The Day Today: 10 sketches they wouldn't get away with in 2019, and the stories behind them  Telegraph.co.ukIt's 25 years since the BBC2 debut of Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci's The Day Today, the surrealist, scathing satire that delivered “news from telly to belly”. ... read more
  Published on 18-01-2019
  6 months ago
• American History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley, review: the myth-busting’s great but let’s ditch the play-act – The Telegraph
  American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley, review: the myth-busting’s great but let’s ditch the play-act  The TelegraphFibs is a very Lucy Worsley word. It speaks of the naughty step, the wagged finger of the tutting schoolmarm. In American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy ... read more
  Published on 17-01-2019
  6 months ago
• Cleaning Up, episode 2 review: Sheridan Smith is the only believable thing in this absurd drama – The Telegraph
  Cleaning Up, episode 2 review: Sheridan Smith is the only believable thing in this absurd drama  The TelegraphNo one does emotional unravelling like Sheridan Smith, and episode two of Cleaning Up (ITV), the story of a contract cleaner and single mother working at a ... read more
  Published on 16-01-2019
  6 months ago
• From Line of Duty to Catastrophe: how Mark Bonnar became TV’s greatest psychotic Scotsman – Telegraph.co.uk
  From Line of Duty to Catastrophe: how Mark Bonnar became TV's greatest psychotic Scotsman  Telegraph.co.ukIf you're anything like me, when you watch Catastrophe, you'll inwardly cheer every time Mark Bonnar appears on-screen. This unsung hero of British TV plays ... read more
  Published on 15-01-2019
  6 months ago
• True Detective, season 3 episode 1 and 2 review: back on form and already addictive – The Telegraph
  True Detective, season 3 episode 1 and 2 review: back on form and already addictive  The TelegraphTrue Detective (Sky Atlantic) arrived from HBO with something to prove. The debut run of novelist Nic Pizzolatto's crime anthology starred Matthew ... read more
  Published on 14-01-2019
  6 months ago