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The Hour is slow but mesmerising

HTHE stylish, 1950s-set BBC2 drama The Hour is shaping up to be dashed good entertainment, even if it is slower than an Indian spin-bowler in a Test match.Read

Seven Dwarves become reality stars

IT’S not the most topical of fly-on-the-wall documentaries, but the characters it features are a whole lot more engaging than those of Essex and Chelsea.Read

Gavin Henson has 25 girls fighting over him

RUGBY player, Arctic adventurer and so-so ballroom dancer.Read

Emmerdale spoilers from August 15

OH dear, Amy. We knew it was bound to end in tears when you started sleeping with Cain Dingle, but now the worst has happened – you’re pregnant.Read

Big Brother bounces back

AFTER the emotional farewell we bid it last year, Big Brother has bounced back.Read

EastEnders spoilers from August 15

WHAT happened to the cool, elegant woman who never has a hair out of place? Vanessa has been replaced by a screaming ball of fury, who lashes out in a way that would put fellow blonde, Corrie’s Becky, to shame.Read

Coronation Street spoilers from August 15

THE look on Carla’s face says it all. She’s not exactly a woman overcome with love, is she?Read

24 Hours In A&E with terrific Ted and stupid Stuart

THE contrast could hardly be greater.Read

Show me the funny Brummie

HTHE contestants on Show Me The Funny faced their toughest audience yet – teenagers at The Streetly School in Sutton Coldfield. “It just wasn’t funny,” was their damning verdict.Read

Coronation Street spoilers from August 8

SOAPLAND is full of nasty medical diagnoses this week. While Tanya is given her cancer news, the bombshell is dropped on Corrie’s Chris that he’s got a brain tumour that’s likely to kill him soon.Read

Emmerdale spoilers from August 8

OH Aaron, are you trying to kill off everyone you love? He’s understandably still cut-up about Jackson’s death and guilty about not going to prison, but he’s testing everyone’s patience.Read

Sarah Beeny comes to the rescue of whole villages

AFTER helping people do up houses – or save their homes from falling down – property expert Sarah Beeny tackles something rather larger.Read

EastEnders spoilers from August 8

MAX’S magnetic appeal is one of the enduring mysteries of soapland.Read

EastEnder June Brown digs into her family history

THE fascinating genealogy series returns with a great new line-up of people delving into their family histories.Read

The Code just doesn't add up

UNLIKE many journalists, I am actually quite good at sums, even if I say so myself. But BBC2’s The Code just doesn’t add up.Read

50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments not all great

HTHERE were some magic numbebers involved in the far more fun 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments on ITV1, although I dispute some of the calculations.Read

Emmerdale spoilers from August 1

LEYLA is devastated that Alicia is about to take her son – who everyone thinks is her nephew – off to Spain, so she snatches Jacob and runs off with him to Leeds.Read