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Television: TV doctor who’s in a worse state than we are
September 21, 2017
When I was a boy, we had a GP who always looked sicker than you did. She would listen to your symptoms with unhappy red eyes and occasionally sneeze into a handkerchief, open it up and study the contents. When you were done talking about your complaint, which you both agreed probably wasn’t much at
Television: A woman who never knew who she was
September 14, 2017
Can I Be Me? (available on BBC iPlayer) is an unusual documentary from Nick Broomfield. He’s known for films that are as much about film-making as the subject itself: he chases politicians and pop stars with a boom mic in his hand. In Can I Be Me?, however, Broomfield isn’t seen on camera at all
Television: Bake Off’s phoneyness makes me want to die
September 07, 2017
This year, The Great British Bake Off relocates from BBC One to Channel 4, where it does not belong. It’s like finding your grandmother in the middle of an all-night rave. Channel 4 is political, radical, in-your-face; Bake Off is about baking cakes. Channel 4 has tried to replicate the old recipe precisely but, strangely,
Give ISIS fighters a second chance
August 31, 2017
Some viewers complain that The State (Channel 4, available on Channel 4 on-demand) glorifies ISIS, the parastate of Islamist fanatics stretching from northern Iraq to Syria. But it’s precisely by acknowledging its appeal that the docudrama helps explain why apparently sane Britons would travel thousands of miles to fight for it. We are introduced to
Television: Auntie’s ‘gender free’ propaganda show
August 24, 2017
No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free? (BBC Two, Wednesday, 9pm) is a spurious bit of propaganda. Taking the premise that gender is shaped by environmental factors, Dr Javid Abdelmoneim goes into a primary school class and tries to stop the boys being boys and girls being girls. Why? It’s a
Britain needs uncompromising Catholics
August 17, 2017
Catholics not only have a right to try to transform society, we have a divine mandate. We are constantly told, sometimes by clerics, that we should keep our opinions to ourselves – that we should erect a wall between our faith and our politics. But Jesus did not die quietly or behind closed doors. The
Television: I’m wrestling with the big questions in sport
August 17, 2017
I’m not sure I can recommend Glow (Netflix) in a Catholic publication, but if they could only bleep out the swears and censor the rude bits, I’d be very happy to do so. It addresses a mystery that’s foxed me for years: what the heck is pro-wrestling? Our heroine, a mediocre Hollywood actress, attends a
Catholics, go out and change Britain
August 17, 2017
We face a crisis of humanity. Christians need to act - through politics, the Church and everyday life
Television: The  celebrity show that has no celebs
August 10, 2017
Celebrity Big Brother is back and it’s time someone sued it for false advertising. It ain’t big and these aren’t celebrities. I don’t even recognise the presenter. Emma Willis? Emily Wills? I did, however, identify Shaun Williamson, aka Barry from EastEnders, as one of the contestants, an actor who has never quite bounced back from
Television: In search of a bargain on daytime TV
August 03, 2017
I had something nasty, so stayed indoors and caught up on daytime TV. It’s designed to control us, of course, to distract the infirm from their pain and keep the unemployed from rising up. And it’s surprisingly class-conscious. Cash in the Attic is very much the downmarket version of Antiques Roadshow, while BBC One’s Bargain
Television: Killers doing time with Piers Morgan
July 27, 2017
A friend at work read the TV guide and said: “Killer Women with Piers Morgan? I believe in punishing prisoners, but that’s just cruel.” Such comments are wrong and unkind and I cannot condone any spite towards Mr Morgan, whose show appears on ITV1 on Thursdays at 9pm. I also condemn the lady who overheard
Television: The equivalent of a cup of hot cocoa
July 20, 2017
Peter Hitchens blames the death of Anglican Evensong on The Forsyte Saga, a drama broadcast on Sunday evenings in the 1960s that tempted parishioners away from church. What civilisational damage is being wreaked by Poldark (BBC One, Sundays, 9pm)? Very little. Just as Evensong was a Protestant imitation of Vespers, Poldark is an imitation of
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