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Whitechapel murders are grislier than ever

MORE grisly murders, gothic horror, delving into history, black humour and fine acting – it’s the return of the drama Whitechapel.Read

MasterChef recipe is changed yet again

HTURN on the telly and you’re bound to find an episode of MasterChef. It’s now on all year round in one form or another, and you don’t have to look too far – unlike the Celebrity series – to find the latest amateur contest on primetime BBC1, three times a week.Read

Stealing should be no laughing matter

NAPOLEON is said to have disparagingly called us a nation of shopkeepers. But now, it seems, we’re more like a nation of shoplifters.Read

Play It Again: Young, Gifted and Broke.

YOUNG, GIFTED AND BROKE (1989)Read

Eddie Redmayne stars in the moving drama Birdsong

EDDIE Redmayne is a name to watch out for – no wonder he’s shortlisted for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.Read

EastEnders spoilers from January 23

BEN is relieved that Phil is behind bars, though Shirley throws him out when she finds out he is responsible for Phil being charged with murder, and he’s forced to live with Ian.Read

Can Downton Abbey beat Waterloo Road at National Television Awards?

IT’S the one awards show where all the gongs (apart from the Special Recognition Award to honour a legend) are voted for by members of the public.Read

Emmerdale spoilers from January 23

SOAPLAND is awash with weddings this week but, unlike Corrie’s botched nuptials, Charity and Jai manage to tie the knot without too many impediments. It’s amazingly smooth sailing in comparison with her other four weddings, three of which ended disastrously.Read

Coronation Street spoilers from January 23

PREPARE to shed a tear as one of Corrie’s best characters leaves the Street. At least Becky quits on a high, preparing to fly off with a hot new man to a hot destination – and after winning her feud with Tracy.Read

Heaven help daft drama Eternal Law

HTHERE’S far fetched and then there’s just plain daft. We can put up with slightly silly plots when they’re done so stylishly, and with the writer’s tongue in their cheek, as in the superb Sherlock.Read

James has the Wong idea on Bake Off show

I LOVE how competitive celebrities get, while trying not to show it.Read

Coronation Street spoilers from January 16

WE’RE gearing up for Becky’s imminent departure which might, if there’s any justice, be a happy one. Heading off for a carefree new life in Barbados certainly seems to fit that bill.Read

EastEnders spoilers from January 16

LOOK at Ben Mitchell behind the wheel, trying to look all cool like someone from the Dukes of Hazzard.Read

Emmerdale spoilers from January 16

WITH her marriage hanging by a thread, this is the worst possible time for Laurel to start feeling sick and think she might be pregnant. Especially when Ashley doubts that the baby is his.Read

Room 101 returns with Frank Skinner

WHILE the BBC has seen fit to axe Shooting Stars, one of its most original and entertaining shows, it is resurrecting another of its comedy formats we thought had died off.Read

Miranda Hart plays it straight in new drama

DANCING On Ice may have all the sequins and glamour, but BBC1 is really the place to be on Sunday nights.Read

EastEnders spoilers from January 9

IT shouldn’t be an elegant funeral, as that’s not Pat’s style. It’s suitably big and brash, as everyone turns out to say goodbye to the stalwart of the Square.Read

Coronation Street spoilers from January 9

WE could have told Tyrone weeks ago that his girlfriend was a bunny boiler, but everything takes a while to sink in with the mechanic – plus he likes to think the best of everyone.Read

One Born Every Minute shines light on teen dads

PROGRAMMES like One Born Every Minute, which returned to Channel 4 this week, have been accused of being lazy TV. Critics say all the makers have to do is position cameras in a hospital or school and let the great British public do the rest.Read

Heston Blumenthal is full of empty promises

HMAVERICK chef Heston Blumenthal kicked off his new cookery series with a show dedicated to beef, because it has the “most potential for magical transformations”. I waited with bated breath to discover what he was going to turn the meat into – a giraffe? A car? A Lady GaGa dress?Read

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