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Tim Stanley
Television: This Sherlock Holmes is a poor imposter
i do find it hard to watch a lot of modern television. i am, for instance, probably too old to enjoy sherlock (bbc one, sundays, 9pm). ...
Television: The horror spoof that gave me nightmares
at christmas we take a few days off work to spend time with the tv. this year i mostly watched harry potter grow old and stroppy. by the six...
Television: The BBC’s oddly acerbic Christmas
a lot of people seem to be gay nowadays. previewing the christmas tv, i discovered that a lead character in last tango in halifax is a lesbi...
Television: True evil is rarely a monster with fangs
viewers complain that they can’t hear every word being said in rillington place (bbc one, tuesdays, 9pm) because the actors mumble. that mig...
Television: David Walliams should hire Jacob Rees-Mogg
walliams and friend (bbc one, fridays, 9.30pm) was so unfunny that one person dubbed it walliams and viewer. you know a comedy show has fail...
Television: An ingenious attempt to explain everything
adam curtis’s hypernormalisation (available on bbc iplayer) is an ingenious attempt to explain everything. from damascus to washington, via ...
Television: What robots have to fear from humans
westworld (sky atlantic, tuesdays, 9pm) was a movie before it was a television show, and the difference between the two illustrates how far ...
Television: Sorry, Lord Sugar, but we’ll have to let you go
it’s time to fire the apprentice (thursdays, bbc one, 9pm). i still like the show, it still gets laughs – but it’s been going so long that t...
Television: Jude Law is brilliant – but he’s no pope
the young pope is one of those over-complex english-language tv shows that requires subtitles. it clearly contains deep, dark ruminations on...
Television: An innocent crucified by public opinion
i’m of an age when i can feel nostalgic about murder trials. i remember the amanda knox case vaguely. it was 2007 and i was finishing a phd ...
Television: The world’s most boring serial killer
we’ve stuck with the fall (thursdays, 9pm, bbc two) through three long series with very little being revealed. we know that paul spector (ja...
Television: Abuse trial that puts us all in the dock
national treasure (channel 4, tuesdays, 9pm) is one of the most catholic dramas we’ve seen in a while. robbie coltrane plays paul finchley, ...
Television: Victoria’s reign as a light-hearted romp
victoria (sundays, itv, 9pm) has a problem. it’s scheduled in competition with poldark on bbc one, which is popular with the ladies because ...
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