CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Hallelujah for a short and sweet return of The Vicar Of Dibley… By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:06 GMT, 8 December 2020 | Updated: 02:09 GMT, 8 December 2020 The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown Rating: Red Penguins: Murder, Money And Ice Hockey Rating: Old jokes … Read more
The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown Rating: Red Penguins: Murder, Money And Ice Hockey Rating: Old jokes might not always be the best but they’re the ones we love most. That’s what makes it such a pleasure to see Dawn French back as the Rev Geraldine Granger in The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown (BBC1). … Read more
The novelty of it all takes some time to sink in. But it is not the tranquillity which is most peculiar, nor all the technology, nor the fact that this is the first electric service station in Britain — and very possibly the world. It is the loos. Low-lit, self-contained, unisex rooms (not cubicles) with … Read more
The novelty of it all takes some time to sink in. But it is not the tranquillity which is most peculiar, nor all the technology, nor the fact that this is the first electric service station in Britain — and very possibly the world. It is the loos. Low-lit, self-contained, unisex rooms (not cubicles) with … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the weekend’s TV: Gary and stars get the festivities started… but where was Cliff? By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 02:10 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 02:10 GMT, 7 December 2020 Gary Barlow’s Night at the Museum Rating: Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon Rating: Perhaps for the first … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the weekend’s TV: Gary and stars get the festivities started… but where was Cliff? By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 02:10 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 02:10 GMT, 7 December 2020 Gary Barlow’s Night at the Museum Rating: Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon Rating: Perhaps for the first … Read more
At the final curtain call, Michael Ball said it was the ‘most amazing’ first night of his career and let me tell you that the audience at the Sondheim Theatre felt very much the same way. On Saturday night Les Miserables returned in triumph to London’s West End, where the theatres have been shuttered and dark … Read more
The Cherry Orchard (ntathome.com) Verdict: Bittersweet cherries Rating: I Want My Hat Back (ntathome.com) Verdict: The hat fits, so I’m wearing it! Rating: Dear reader, dare I ask if, like me, you’ve lost track of your monthly entertainment subscriptions? I am thinking Netflix (£5.99), Now TV (£9.99), Apple TV+ (£4.99) and Disney+ (£5.99). However, I … Read more
Mank (12A) Verdict: Cherishably intelligent Rating: Psycho, Mary Poppins and Citizen Kane are the unlikeliest of cinematic bedfellows, but they now have one striking thing in common — they have all inspired some terrific filmmakers to hold up a mirror to their own industry, with beguiling results. In the excellent 2012 film Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins … Read more
The restaurant where Rita Ora held a lockdown-breaching 30th birthday party has been review-bombed with joke one-star marks. Rita sparked outrage after she had the illegal bash with ‘around seven guests’ on Saturday night. But the Casa Cruz eatery in posh Notting Hill, west London was then targeted with bad reviews on Tripadvisor. One customer … Read more