Reviews

Mission creep: Once ‘X Factor’ unearthed Leona Lewis, judges Simon, Cheryl, Dannii and Louis had no reason to carry on, but they do

The X Factor ITV 1
Hop, Skip and Jump: The Story of Children's Play BBC 4

This year's 'Battle of the Blands' is still the stuff of dreams, but it's the judges who'll steal the show

Inside Reviews

The Choice, Radio 4 (Rated 4/ 5 )

Sunday, 13 December 2009

Never say 'mother' to a grumpy abortionist

Sport on TV: Heart sinks as soppy Robson goes green around the gills

Sunday, 13 December 2009

He's letting down the Geordie nation. At the start of Robson Green's Wild Swimming Adventure (ITV1, Tuesday) he decided to take a dip in the Tyne and had to be fished out almost immediately. "My body shut down after 200 yards," he admitted before asking his rescuers when was the last time someone had gone in the river. "Friday night" was the answer, "and they were off their heads." Obviously Green should have had a few Newcastle Brown Ales before he jumped in the drink.

Last Night's TV: Kidnapped by the Kids, Misfits

Friday, 11 December 2009

Parent trap wasn't just child's play

Last Night's Television: Hot planet, BBC1
Spooks, BBC1
Gossip Girl, ITV2

Thursday, 10 December 2009

Of all the harbingers of climate-change doom, the sunfish must surely have the friendliest face. A round-eyed, massive grey disc of a fish, it swims happily around while waggling its fin above the water in such a way that it looks like it's waving. Cute! Except that where once you had to travel to the balmy waters of the Caribbean to see these little fellows, now you can spot them off the coast of Cornwall. Which, while possibly quite good news for the Cornish tourist board, is devastatingly bad news for our planet.