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Television: Why I’m not in a stew over the Bake Off sale
before i get into this week’s review, we have to talk about the great british bake off. you’re doubtless aware that the bbc has been outbid ...
Television: It’s manipulative, corny and trite – but I love it
keep failing your driving test? try the x factor contestant method. show up to the test with your entire family, all of whom are crying. inf...
Television: Bake Off needs more red wine and swearing
the great british bake off (bbc one, 8pm, wednesday) puts me in mind of the prisoner, that 1960s telefantasy about a spy who wakes up to fin...
Television: Spot the 1980s movie – in eight episodes
spoiler alert: stranger things (netflix) is one big spoiler. from beginning to end. within a few minutes you’ll be thinking, “do i recognise...
Television: The perfect show for our shameless culture
cilla black used to have a show called blind date, where a contestant picked a partner from three people hidden behind a wall. their guide w...
Tim Stanley: Liberalism’s last request
theological liberalism is on its deathbed. it refuses to go quietly. one of its many last requests is that the catholic church consider wome...
Television: Dragons’ Den lost its fire long ago
what do i hate most about dragons’ den (bbc two, sundays, 9pm)? that presenter evan davis constantly describes what just happened. an invent...
Television: The biggest celebrities you’ve never heard of
The term 'celebrity' might be used loosely in the latest series of Big Brother and its spin-off show
Television: The biggest celebrities you’ve never heard of
conversations with my mother about celebrities are like a game of guess who? she’ll say: “who’s that man i’m thinking of? he’s married to th...
Television: Half-man, half-horse and the black dog
bojack horseman (netflix) is such an unusual show that it’s hard to know how to recommend it without sounding as if i’ve taken leave of my s...
Television: Addictive prison drama that offers no escape
i’ve always imagined i’d flourish in prison. think noël coward in the italian job: a natural leader. i’d soon find myself planning bank robb...
Television: Spy comedy does the French no favours
the success of a joke is in the telling – so maybe a very secret service (netflix) shouldn’t be judged too harshly by english-speaking audie...
Television: The unseen agony of charmer LBJ
when lyndon baines johnson stepped down as us president in 1969 he was regarded as a calamitous monster by american liberals. his reputation...
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