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Belsen: Our Story, BBC Two review - inside the unfathomable horror of the HolocaustWednesday, 29 January 2020
The 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz reminds us once again of the unfathomable horror of the Holocaust. The revival of anti-semitism in our own country and elsewhere is why it’s worth telling these terrible stories again and again. Read more... |
Young, Sikh and Proud, BBC One review - siblings divided by their attitudes to faithWednesday, 29 January 2020
Journalist Sunny Hundal has a long track record as a writer and blogger concerned with issues of race, politics and ethnicity. Read more... |
Stewart Copeland's Adventures in Music, BBC Four review - an essay on the emotional power of musicSaturday, 25 January 2020
Drums away: Stewart Copeland, drummer with The Police and a score of other groups, composer for films, video games and operas, now beams enthusiastically at us from the small screen.
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Crazy Delicious, Channel 4 review - the most ridiculous cooking programme on TV ?Wednesday, 22 January 2020
The race continues to create the most ridiculous cooking programme on TV. Channel 4’s new brainchild, Crazy Delicious, finds the culinary nutty professor Heston Blumenthal teaming up with fellow-judges Carla Hall and Niklas Ekstedt to become the “Gods of Food”. Read more... |
Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting, BBC Two review - is it too late to get population growth under control?Wednesday, 22 January 2020
We hear plenty of debate about climate change and its disastrous potential, but the ballooning growth of the world’s population may be the most critical issue facing humankind. Read more... |
The Outsider, Sky Atlantic review - double trouble in small-town GeorgiaTuesday, 21 January 2020
Stephen King’s novels have generated an impressive lineage of successful adaptations. Read more... |
Cobra, Sky 1 review - entertaining mix of political mischief and cosmic chaosSaturday, 18 January 2020
If nothing else, you’d want to tune in to Cobra (Sky 1) for its cast. Robert Carlyle is steely and decisive as Prime Minister Robert Sutherland, his indispensable fixer Anna Marshall is played by Victoria “Queen Mother” Hamilton, and David Haig oozes bullying malevolence as Home Secretary Archie Glover-Morgan. Read more... |
Messiah, Netflix review - con-artist or the Second Coming?Wednesday, 15 January 2020
It’s an intriguing question. If a new Messiah appeared today, what kind of reception could he (if it was a he) expect? Possibly something similar to the one which greeted Jesus, according to Netflix’s new series Messiah. Read more... |
This Is Our Family, Sky Atlantic review - can Emma and Tony live happily ever after?Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Sky Atlantic is usually where you go for big-hitting dramas, so this quartet of observational documentaries is an unexpected development. Each film follows a single family over three years, and each family faces particular challenges. Read more... |
How to Steal Pigs and Influence People, Channel 4 review - the arcane world of the online vegan influencersWednesday, 15 January 2020
Filmmaker Tom Costello’s opening question in this quixotic but fascinating documentary for Channel 4 deftly skewered the journey he was about to take us on. Was making change or finding fame more important? Read more... |
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