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Do you have one of these gargantuan TVs swamping an entire wall? I don’t and there are three reasons why. One, the jumbo screens are expensive. Two, I’m a bit of a snob. Three, they smack of decadence, so some fine Calvinist imagery sits above my mantelpiece instead.
Most of us can relate to the Royal Family’s sometimes very public struggles
Seventy years ago, the BBC won the coronation ratings war when there was no competition. On Saturday, from bang on 6am, the public service broadcaster must have felt like a Gordonstoun pupil from the King’s miserable schooldays as its bottom was being well and truly skelped.
If you were paying attention last week you’ll recall that I began the telly crit by mentioning the male derriere. Well, here I go again, but it’s kind of avoidable when the big new show is Fatal Attraction (Paramount+).
I knew my parents weren’t religious. The churchy cold-caller never had much success at our front door and, after being sent on his way, would invariably be referred to as “Holy Willie, the God-botherer”. So it always seemed strange that me and my siblings were packed off to Sunday School.