David Tennant is terrifying (and terrific) as a real-life Hannibal Lecter: CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews Des, ITV’s chilling new drama portraying the twisted confessions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen By Claudia Connell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 14 September 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 14 September 2020 Rating: Hannibal Lecter’s declaration in The Silence … Read more
CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews the weekend’s TV: Give us more fab femme fatale and I’ll be gripped by a Singapore saga By Claudia Connell for the Daily Mail Published: 01:56 BST, 14 September 2020 | Updated: 02:19 BST, 14 September 2020 The Singapore Grip Rating: Extinction: The Facts Rating: Adapted for the small screen by an … Read more
CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews the weekend’s TV: Give us more fab femme fatale and I’ll be gripped by a Singapore saga By Claudia Connell for the Daily Mail Published: 01:56 BST, 14 September 2020 | Updated: 02:19 BST, 14 September 2020 The Singapore Grip Rating: Extinction: The Facts Rating: Adapted for the small screen by an … Read more
CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews last night’s TV: How do we put an end to racism? Just leave it to our schoolkids By Claudia Connell for the Daily Mail Published: 01:58 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 01:58 BST, 26 June 2020 The School That Tried to End Racism Rating: Britain’s Best Parent Rating: Filming for The School … Read more
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces Rating: Scandalous! The Tabloid that Changed America Rating: The enduring appeal of George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (C4) is that he talks about buildings in a no-nonsense, blokey way. So when, last night, the architect mentioned that a project wouldn’t just transform a space but ‘lives as well’, alarm bells sounded. Uh … Read more
The Luminaries Rating: Lost Pyramids Of The Aztecs Rating: Flashback, as a method of bridging time and filling the viewer in on a narrative, can be a highly effective method in film. If overused though, it can be frustrating, confusing and downright annoying. In new BBC drama The Luminaries, the time-jump trick was constantly employed … Read more
The Luminaries Rating: Lost Pyramids Of The Aztecs Rating: Flashback, as a method of bridging time and filling the viewer in on a narrative, can be a highly effective method in film. If overused though, it can be frustrating, confusing and downright annoying. In new BBC drama The Luminaries, the time-jump trick was constantly employed … Read more
Remarkable Places To Eat Rating: Tutankhamun In Colour Rating: Going out to enjoy a meal, remember that? And how about sitting in close proximity to your dining partner and not having to wipe the cutlery down with antibacterial wipes before tucking in? Those were the images of life before Covid-19 that the BBC taunted us … Read more
Remarkable Places To Eat Rating: Tutankhamun In Colour Rating: Going out to enjoy a meal, remember that? And how about sitting in close proximity to your dining partner and not having to wipe the cutlery down with antibacterial wipes before tucking in? Those were the images of life before Covid-19 that the BBC taunted us … Read more