Like any good Scout, I was prepared to dislike Gordon, Gino and Fred: American Road Trip (ITV, Thursdays, 9pm) and as it turned out, my preconceptions were proved right.
Some things don’t sound right. Saying “Prime Minister Boris Johnson”, for instance, just sounds a bit jarring to the ear. If you were watching The Nest (BBC1, Sundays, 9pm) you would have had a similar feeling.
Lancashire County Council is closing some of the the region’s best-known beauty spots after Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the country on lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a screenwriter in possession of a big hit, must be in want of another. Unfortunately for Julian Fellowes, I don’t think Belgravia (ITV, Sunday, 9pm) is going to be it.
If last week’s Maternity Ward made you think that having a child might be a marvellous adventure, then Breeders (Sky One, Thursdays, 10pm) will knock that romantic idea right out of you.
Becoming a parent is a miracle, people tell you, full of joy and smiles and Instagrammable shared family experiences. But what they don’t tell you is that having kids mainly involves boredom, terror and vast mountains of laundry .
Imelda Staunton, who seems to have become a massive star almost by stealth, is going to be the Queen in the fifth and final season of The Crown, but in this week’s family mystery Flesh and Blood (ITV, Mon-Thurs, 9pm), you would definitely find her ‘below stairs’.
To a kid growing up in the 80s, Cilla Black was like that neighbour you’d call ‘Auntie Cilla’. That kind of friendly, down-to-earth, slightly loopy sort, who would give you a Double Decker half an hour before tea and wouldn't mind if you wore your shoes in the house.
