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Chillling tale of Fred West brought to life on TV

IT tackles a very dark subject, but the result is a superb drama.Read

Coronation Street spoilers from September 4

IT’S a dramatic week on the Street, with near-fatal crashes, departures, arrivals, new romances, old romances and punch-ups.Read

Who do you think you are? I'm smug Seb Coe

THERE haven’t been nearly enough tears shed in this series of Who Do You Think You Are.Read

Prince Harry drops the Royal reserve on his North Pole trek

HON the other hand, we might have expected Prince Harry to show the usual Royal reserve in the BBC1 documentary Harry’s Arctic Heroes – but instead we had a surprisingly candid insight into his personality.Read

Stellar cast for Page Eight

WHAT a cast list! Any one of Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes and Michael Gambon could lead a drama, but to have them all in one production is a real treat.Read

Hollyoaks spoilers from August 29

LEAD us not into temptation...oh go on, then! You can’t blame Carmel for giving in to the sins of the Father when he is as gorgeous as Francis (Richard Winsor).Read

Ant and Dec ask Red Or Black?

AFTER weeks of really dire Saturday night telly, ITV1 has ridden to the rescue with a fantastic new line-up.Read

EastEnders spoilers from August 29

LOOK who’s back in Albert Square, causing just as much trouble as before!Read

Coronation Street spoilers from August 29

TYRONE races to Fiz’s rescue this week when she gets further mixed up with drug dealers – and is rewarded by a nasty beating with a baseball bat.Read

Emmerdale spoilers from August 29

JAI is having a very stressful week. First Declan tells him, during a clay pigeon shoot, that Mia is his daughter – then points a loaded shotgun at his friend.Read

Hollyoaks babe Gemma Merna bowls over cricket fans and spills the beans on saucy storyline HOLLYOAKS actress Gemma Merna has got soap viewers in a spin with her saucy new storyline – and now she’s bowling over cricket fans too.more

Seven Dwarves isn't as fascinating as I'd hoped

IT may be about short people, but it’s a very long series. I’m really not sure how they’re going to stretch out Seven Dwarves into seven episodes.Read

Surreal Shooting Stars continues to shine

HSHOOTING Stars gets more surreal every week and ought to be just silly, but is somehow brilliantly hilarious.Read

Emmerdale spoilers from August 22

ELLA leaves the village this week with a cruel parting shot, telling Declan that Mia isn’t his daughter and that actually she’s Jai’s.Read

Hollyoaks spoilers from August 22

TONY returns from his travels a changed man. He’s loosened up considerably, has a new laid-back attitude, a beard and even roller skates! Mandy’s not happy when he announces that he’s going to sell up so he can carry on seeing the world. She tells him that if he doesn’t stop being a hippy, she will dump him.Read

Show Me The Funny reaches the live finals

THIS X Factor talent show for stand-up comics draws to a close with a double bill.Read

Hitler, crop circles, school uniforms and moles - it's just what the Doctor ordered

IT was a little cruel of the BBC to only let us see half of series six of Doctor Who, leaving us with the cliffhanger that Amy’s missing baby grows up to be River Song.Read

EastEnders spoilers from August 22

NOW this is a new kind of end-of-the-pier act – and a lethal one.Read

Coronation Street spoilers from August 22

AUDREY is mortified when boyfriend Marc walks into the Rovers – as Marcia.Read

Sarah Beeny comes to the rescue of a town without posh bread

PITY the poor deprived folk of Talgarth in the Brecon Beacons.Read

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