James Walton

On the waterfront: The Deep, Hull

Hull’s a poppin’

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

In early January, lastminute.com recommended its top 15 destinations for 2017. In 12th spot, just above Montreal, Croatia and Japan,…

Shall we dance?

14 January 2017 9:00 am

‘Blimey! How on earth did they think of that?’ is unlikely to be anyone’s response to Our Dancing Town (BBC2,…

Shall we dance?

12 January 2017 3:00 pm

‘Blimey! How on earth did they think of that?’ is unlikely to be anyone’s response to Our Dancing Town (BBC2,…

Weird and wonderful

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

As you’ve probably noticed, TV critics spend a lot of their time trying to identify which other programmes the one…

Weird and wonderful

29 December 2016 3:00 pm

As you’ve probably noticed, TV critics spend a lot of their time trying to identify which other programmes the one…

Closing credits

3 December 2016 9:00 am

BBC1’s The Missing has been one of the undoubted TV highlights of 2016. Yet, even thrillers as overwhelmingly thrilling as…

Closing credits

1 December 2016 3:00 pm

BBC1’s The Missing has been one of the undoubted TV highlights of 2016. Yet, even thrillers as overwhelmingly thrilling as…

Pandora’s box

26 November 2016 9:00 am

While I’ve read plenty of books worse than Television: A Biography, I can’t immediately think of any that were more…

Old stamping ground

19 November 2016 9:00 am

If I tell you that on Monday there was an hour-long documentary about the history of stamp-collecting, then you probably…

Old stamping ground

17 November 2016 3:00 pm

If I tell you that on Monday there was an hour-long documentary about the history of stamp-collecting, then you probably…

Losing heart

5 November 2016 9:00 am

In 2015, the first series of Humans (Sunday) was apparently Channel 4’s most watched home grown drama since The Camomile…

Losing heart

3 November 2016 3:00 pm

In 2015, the first series of Humans (Sunday) was apparently Channel 4’s most watched home grown drama since The Camomile…

Digging for the truth

22 October 2016 9:00 am

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb may well be one of the 20th century’s great stories — but naturally that doesn’t…

TV

22 October 2016 9:00 am

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Digging for the truth

20 October 2016 2:00 pm

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb may well be one of the 20th century’s great stories — but naturally that doesn’t…

Too good to be true

15 October 2016 9:00 am

The McNulty family in the novels of Sebastian Barry have a definite claim to be one of the unluckiest in…

Question time

8 October 2016 9:00 am

At my wife’s first 12-week scan, I was expecting — and duly got — that much-documented sense of thrilled wonder…

Question time

6 October 2016 2:00 pm

At my wife’s first 12-week scan, I was expecting — and duly got — that much-documented sense of thrilled wonder…

Cautionary tale

24 September 2016 9:00 am

The closing credits of National Treasure (Channel 4, Tuesday) contain the usual disclaimer that any resemblance between its characters and…

Cautionary tale

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

The closing credits of National Treasure (Channel 4, Tuesday) contain the usual disclaimer that any resemblance between its characters and…

Fashion shoot

10 September 2016 9:00 am

With documentary-makers these days, it can be hard to tell the difference between faux-naivety and the real thing. (Personally, I…

Time to change the record

10 September 2016 9:00 am

Back in the high optimism of the 2008 presidential campaign, one of Barack Obama’s more extravagant hopes was that ‘the…

Natural high: John Sebastian’s acoustic set at Woodstock, 1969

Time to change the record

8 September 2016 1:00 pm

Back in the high optimism of the 2008 presidential campaign, one of Barack Obama’s more extravagant hopes was that ‘the…

Fashion shoot

8 September 2016 1:00 pm

With documentary-makers these days, it can be hard to tell the difference between faux-naivety and the real thing. (Personally, I…

All the way to Memphis

3 September 2016 9:00 am

The bad news for old rock’n’rollers is that there’s not much time left to stay at Heartbreak Hotel — these…