ALEX BRUMMER: ITV’s streaming battle

As a vital part of creative Britain, the potential damage being done to ITV by the Covid-19 lockdown should be deeply worrying. ITV’s chief executive Carolyn McCall has done the right things to limit the scarring. Some 800 workers have been furloughed, the dividend and executive pay have been cut, and costs pruned. Studios are … Read more

ITV’s Liar viewers brand final episode ‘anticlimax’ after rapist Andrew Earlham’s killer is revealed

ITV’s Liar viewers blasted tonight’s final episode, branding it an ‘anti-climax’ after serial rapist Andrew Earlham’s killer was revealed to be his victim, Laura Nielson, all along.  Throughout tonight’s show characters were knocked off the suspect list – up until rape survivor Laura Nielson (played by Joanne Froggatt) was questioned by DI Karen Renton (Katherine Kelly). In … Read more

JAN MOIR’S upper-crust guide to ITV’s new drama Belgravia, the new Downton Abbey 

Prepare yourself for the finest of bonnets, a cavalcade of corsetry and a hairy parade of the shaggiest mutton chop whiskers seen on TV since the final of Crufts.  Welcome to Belgravia, the new six-part ITV drama set in high society London in the 19th century. Many are calling it the new Downton Abbey, but not … Read more