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It's all Greek to Joanna Lumley

THEY’RE both well-preserved icons, though one has had more work done on their facade.Read

A chimney sweep from Solihull? Can you imagine?

HTHE second series of Downton Abbey may not be quite such a wonderful treat as the first, but it is still required Sunday night viewing.Read

Coronation Street spoilers from October 17

WITH half of the factory equipment gone and hardly any orders, Carla has to lay off some staff, including Eileen and Becky. But Sally isn’t unemployed for long, as Frank poaches her for his rival business. Carla warns her that he’s dangerous, but Sally is won over by his flattery and agrees to recruit some of the others from Underworld.Read

Emmerdale spoilers from October 17

THE village goes downhill when a family arrive who make the Dingles look posh.Read

EastEnders spoilers from October 17

THEY never learn in soapland, do they? As Mercedes tries to marry for the third time in Hollyoaks, in EastEnders it’s Ian Beale who still hasn’t had enough of nuptials.Read

Derren Brown tries to kill a celebrity

IF, hypothetically speaking, you could shoot a celebrity, who would you choose?Read

Paul Merton cruises the high seas

WE are awash with celebrity travelogues at the moment – they’re all at it, from Billy Connolly to Joanna Lumley.Read

Hollyoaks spoilers from October 17

GIVE us a smile, love! It’s supposed to be the happiest day of Mercedes’ life, but she doesn’t look exactly radiant.Read

David Hasselhoff outstays his welcome

IS there some kind of TV law that David Hasselhoff has to be booked on to every entertainment and quiz show?Read

Mary Portas needs to design clothes for real women

HTHE penny dropped during Mary Portas: Queen Of Frocks when she suddenly said: “I’m not a designer. I can’t do this.”Read

Nostalgia: Crackerjack (1955-1984)

CRACKERJACKRead

Another grisly Midsomer murder

THIS is the sort of ghoulishly quirky death we’ve come to expect in Midsomer – a tax inspector turns up dead in a vat of cider.Read

I Spy a great new comedy

EVERYONE is spying tonight! Espionage is hot stuff at the moment in the cinema, with the films Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Debt and Johnny English Reborn.Read

Coronation Street spoilers from October 10

THINGS go from bad to worse for Carla when Frank hits back with his secret weapon – his mother.Read

Emmerdale spoilers from October 10

THERE’S lots of forbidden kissing in the village this week, with Cain and Charity, and Marlon and Laurel, locking lips. Neither is very surprising. We knew the vicar’s wife was being led into temptation by the chef, and they finally snog, but then she still insists she won’t cheat on Ashley.Read

EastEnders spoilers from October 10

WE suspected, when Amira left the Square patting her stomach and smiling, that she would one day return holding a baby.Read

Dream houses on Grand Designs - but what's the cost?

HMORE TV envy this week came when I watched Grand Designs. I want to live in the spectacular house in Tenby, converted from an RNLI lifeboat hut right on the beach.Read

Bake Off is so British

HI NOW have a new favourite TV job to aspire to. I want to be part of the production crew on The Great British Bake Off, because surely they must descend on the amazing cakes and pastries when filming finishes. The products look so delicious, they must all be the size of houses.Read

Merlin's audience grows up

A FOURTH series of the hit BBC1 series Merlin can only mean one thing.Read

EastEnders spoilers from October 3

THERE are more confrontations between Ben, Phil and Patrick before the lad finally bites the bullet and tells his dad that he’s gay. You can imagine that this goes down like a lead balloon. Will Phil ever accept him?Read

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