CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: There’s gold in them thar hills of junk in your garage

The Repair Shop  Rating: Mend it for Money Rating: They said it would never be done. More specifically, my wife thought I’d never get round to it. There’s been junk boxed up in our garage, unseen since we moved in more than 20 years ago. But one of the bonuses of lockdown is that we’ve … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Joanna Lumley – the ab fab Corrie star, Bond girl and bride of Dracula

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Joanna Lumley – the ab fab Corrie star, Bond girl and bride of Dracula By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:46 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 01:50 GMT, 3 February 2021 Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels In My Own Land Rating: Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS Has this haunted mum found her missing son after nine long years?

The Drowning  Rating: The Mallorca Files Rating: One of the oddest and most unsettling effects of bereavement is the way that, on occasion, you’ll think you see the dead friend or relative in every crowd. I don’t mean ghostly apparitions. It’s just an illusion, something about a stranger’s hair or coat, or the way they … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Magical view from above that only Santa usually gets to see 

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the weekend’s TV: Magical view from above that only Santa usually gets to see By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:04 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 02:04 GMT, 1 February 2021 Stormborn Rating: A Perfect Planet Rating: We’ve been looking at things all wrong. Wildlife film-makers endure all kinds … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: No sweat! Robson’s found a job for Prince Andrew

Robson Green: Walking Coast to Coast Rating: The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and Automobiles  Rating: Call the palace. Robson Green has found just the job for that awkward member of the Royal Family, the one who has been at a bit of a loose end recently. Prince Andrew can become a beekeeper. The actor … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The emotional high of finding a long-lost son in the mountains 

Long Lost Family Rating: Devon and Cornwall Rating: Davina McCall’s shows tend to run their course. Big Brother was a national obsession, until suddenly we all felt it had nothing new to give us. Her stint as a judge on The Masked Singer is going well enough, but who remembers telly filler such as Got … Read more

NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens says person admitted to hospital every 30 seconds with Covid

‘Every 30 seconds across England, another patient is being admitted to hospital with coronavirus’: NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens says there are enough new cases to fill a whole hospital every morning and a quarter of patients are under 55 Sir Simon Stevens revealed hospitals are filling up in England since Christmas   The NHS … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on last night’s TV: I’d turn off TV fitness class if only I could reach remote

The Truth About Getting Fit At Home Rating: Grand Designs  Rating: A couple of years ago, a fitness show claimed anyone in good health ought to be able to sit cross-legged and, with ankles still crossed, stand up. My left knee hurt for eight months. Entirely my own fault, of course. I’m fairly stupid sometimes. … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on TV: Stars, intrigue and the real-life tragedy of a Bollywood beauty

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Stars, intrigue and the real-life tragedy of a Bollywood beauty By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:04 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 02:04 GMT, 13 January 2021 Death In Bollywood Rating: New Lives In The Wild Rating: Struggling to fill its schedules, the Beeb could do … Read more