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Turn on, tune in, drop off

  • 19 March 2009
  • 1 comment

Round-the-clock reporting has not made Britain any better-informed BBC News 24 Sky News

Too much of a good thing

  • 12 March 2009

A Gavin and Stacey spin-off is long on fat jokes but short on belly laughs Horne and Corden BBC3

Darkness doesn’t always mean authenticity

  • 05 March 2009
  • 3 comments

David Peace’s Yorkshire thrillers make fantastic TV but dubious history Red Riding Channel 4

Determined not to be impressed

  • 19 February 2009

Away from politics, Paxman's bulldog interviewing style hits a wrong note The Victorians BBC1

The art of darkness

  • 12 February 2009

This compelling period piece is far more sinister than its critics have argued Mad Men BBC4

Grotesque, glorious nonsense

  • 05 February 2009

This whodunnit may not win points for originality, but it's exciting stuff Whitechapel ITV1

Macho, macho men

  • 29 January 2009

It's too soon for the gleeful realism of this drama about the invasion of Iraq Generation Kill FX Friday Night with Jonathan Ross BBC1

History's not what it used to be

  • 22 January 2009
  • 4 comments

This documentary assumes little or no knowledge on the part of the viewer Christianity: a History Channel 4

Food for thought

  • 15 January 2009

Two unsqueamish chefs adopt a very civilised approach to some unusual dishes Could You Eat an Elephant? Channel 4

Unsentimental education

  • 08 January 2009
  • 1 comment

Two programmes show the right and the wrong ways to revive an old idea Oz and James Drink to Britain BBC2 The Diary of Anne Frank BBC1

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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