No host, no hope: is it time for Top Gear to be sent to the scrapheap?
Now that Matt LeBlanc has joined the long list of ex-presenters on the show, the BBC has a big decision to make about its futureWell, here we are again. For the third time in four years, Top Gear has...
View ArticleDavid Dimbleby to step down as chair of BBC's Question Time
Presenter, who has hosted the show for 25 years, says he plans to return to reportingDavid Dimbleby is to step down as chairman of the BBC’s Question Time programme after 25 years in the job.“At the...
View ArticleEmily Maitlis and Nick Robinson audition in Question Time pilots
Kirsty Wark and Samira Ahmed also tried out as hosts during secret show with panel of MPsWould-be Question Time hosts were put through their paces in secret pilots filmed at a south London school in...
View ArticleSunday's best TV: The Apprentice; Sports Personality of the Year
Lord Sugar points the finger at one lucky winner, and later the Beeb crowns this year’s SPOTY. Plus! Travel back in time to a more civilised Question TimeAfter the bruising interview round, only two...
View ArticleChris Packham reveals death threats made in bird-shooting row
Hampshire police investigate intimidation of Springwatch presenter and familyThe broadcaster and wildlife campaigner Chris Packham has revealed he and his family received death threats days after dead...
View Article63 Up review – documentary marvel makes all other reality TV look trivial
Michael Apted’s groundbreaking seven-yearly series returns, seeming more dreamlike than ever as it follows its subjects into retirement and beyondThough Michael Apted’s groundbreaking documentary...
View ArticleLabour's Jon Ashworth pulls out of Question Time over all-male panel
Shadow health secretary steps aside in favour of Oxford East candidate Anneliese Dodds General election latest – live newsLabour’s Jon Ashworth has pulled out of the final pre-election episode of BBC...
View ArticleA dimwit's decision! Why Top Gear should not change lanes to BBC One
The motoring show is being switched over to Britain’s biggest channel to turbo-charge its success. In fact, it’s like rearranging deckchairs on the TitanicTop Gear is moving to BBC One. For the first...
View ArticleTiger King's Carole Baskin handed control of Joe Exotic's zoo
Baskin, whose rivalry with Exotic was documented in the Netflix hit, is now the owner of the Oklahoma premises following court proceedings Beleaguered zoo owner Joe Exotic, subject of Netflix’s hit...
View ArticleThe week in TV: In the Face of Terror; David Attenborough; Deaf U; Agatha and...
A documentary brought home the pain of families bereaved by Isis, while an intriguing new series revealed the realities of being young and deafIn the Face of Terror(BBC Two) | iPlayerAttenborough: A...
View ArticleSaving Britain’s Pubs With Tom Kerridge review – closing time for the great...
The nation’s publicans were already struggling before Covid, and the pandemic has only made things worse. Who better than the genial TV chef to investigate what can be doneI did not foresee that I...
View ArticleWoody Allen denies claims in Allen v Farrow HBO documentary
The film-maker and wife Soon-Yi Previn claim film is ‘hatchet job riddled with falsehoods’ on abuse allegationsWoody Allen has rebutted renewed allegations, in the HBO documentary Allen v Farrow, that...
View ArticleEx-police reveal bribes and threats used to cover up corruption in 70s London
BBC documentary to examine incidents that led to setting up of unit on which Line of Duty’s AC-12 is basedOne of London’s most senior police officers, described by a colleague as “the greatest villain...
View Article‘A malignant narcissist’: uncovering the dark side of John DeLorean
The defining car mogul’s ego and criminality are explored in the eye-opening new Netflix docuseries Myth & Mogul: John DeLoreanIn Northern Ireland, many still revere the automotive magnate John...
View ArticleDevil’s Advocate review – a mind-boggling tale of a real-life grifter
This documentary looks at the rise and fall of the ‘lawyer’ Giovanni di Stefano, whose list of clients reads like a Who’s Who of criminality – from Saddam Hussein to Harold ShipmanWe are all...
View ArticleCarl Icahn documentary digs into life of billionaire, but don’t expect an exposé
In a new film, the man who informed Oliver Stone’s Gordon Gekko makes for a compelling central figureEarly in the process of writing the film Wall Street, Oliver Stone found his drafts to be lacking in...
View Article‘Money’s all belief’: the docuseries unravelling the GameStop chaos
In HBO series Gaming Wall Street, director Tobias Deml tries to get to the bottom of how Redditors turned a video game retailer into a financial frenzy“Money in, money out,” is how Tobias Deml, creator...
View ArticleWhat can we learn from a new documentary on Elon Musk?
A New York Times/FX documentary focuses on the deadly disconnect between the Tesla CEO’s promises for Autopilot self-driving tech and its capabilityYou could be forgiven for believing that we’ve...
View ArticleGet Smart With Money review – Martin Lewis could teach these financial...
This documentary’s solutions to its participants’ jeopardy-free first-world problems are incredibly basic. If you have any knowledge of money-saving advice, you know them alreadyAh, the...
View Article‘He’s a financial serial killer’: how Bernie Madoff became the monster of...
A new Netflix docuseries details the crimes of the man who crafted a $64bn Ponzi scheme – and those who protected himLocked inside his office on the 22nd floor of a New York building, René-Thierry...
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