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Gerard Gilbert

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Past articles by Gerard:

The Bay series 4, ITV1, review: A fine alternative to staring into space for an hour

While this opening episode seems more settled than the last series, it still falls short of its 'Broadchurch North' expectations → Read More

Unforgotten, ITV1, review: Sinéad Keenan is more than just a Nicola Walker replacement

Sanjeev Bhaskar's DI Sunny Khan is grieving the loss of his former partner heavily in the opening episode of series five. Viewers might not feel quite the same → Read More

The Shamima Begum Story, BBC Two, review: This is the fairest trial she's going to get

Eight years after Begum left the UK to join Isis, journalist Joshua Baker hears her side of the story → Read More

Hotel Portofino, ITV1, review: Don't bother with this cheap Downton knock-off

Despite Natasha McElhone's best efforts as hotel owner Bella, this one-dimensional opening episode was more panto than high-class drama → Read More

Putin vs the West, BBC Two, review: Maps the road to war in Ukraine with striking clarity

For anyone desiring transparency about how we arrived at the current conflict, this documentary series will prove essential viewing → Read More

What's on TV this weekend: Julie Etchingham tracks down what remains of the Stasi

Also, it's the penultimate episode of Happy Valley and there's a wedding on Death in Paradise → Read More

What's on TV tonight, more pooches meet their new owners on The Dog House

Also, The Apprentice candidates make their own children's cartoons and In the Footsteps of Killers investigates the murder of Vishal Mehrotra → Read More

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life, BBC Two, review: Worlds away from the chaotic NHS frontlines

If you're going to have a major accident, do it within distance of an airlift to the talented team of surgeons at Addenbrooke's → Read More

What's on TV tonight: ITV1 attempts sitcom success with The Family Pile

Clare Calbraith as Yvette, Claire Keelan as Ursula, Alexandra Mardell as Gaynor and Amanda Abbington as Nicole (Photo: Hat Trick Productions/Rachel Joseph/ITV) → Read More

What’s on TV tonight: Emilia Fox turns real-life detective on In the Footsteps of Killers

Also, ITV1 visits Strangeways on Britain's Notorious Prisons and its the battle of the bao buns on The Apprentice → Read More

Silent Witness, BBC One, review: Series 26 puts the forensic drama back in its comfort zone

After a fan-serving 25th anniversary series, the BBC's long-running drama is doing what it does best: straightforward storytelling and a plot that keeps you guessing → Read More

What’s on TV this weekend: Prince Harry reveals all in an interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby

Also, Catherine finds out who's been taking Ryan to see his dad in Happy Valley and Amanda Holden asks Alan Carr to help renovate an Italian apartmenet → Read More

What's on TV tonight: Lord Sugar ships the candidates off to Antigua as The Apprentice returns to BBC One

Denisha Kaur Bharj, Joe Phillips, Megan Hornby, Lord Sugar, Shazia Hussain, Shannon Martin, Kevin D'Arcy, Emma Browne, Avi Sharma, Marnie Swindells, Bradley Johnson, Simba Rwambiwa, Mark Moseley, Dani Donovan, Gregory Ebbs, Victoria Goulbourne, Sohail Chowdhary, Reece Donnelly and Rochelle Anthony (Photo: BBC/Fremantle Media/Ray Burmiston) → Read More

What's on TV tonight: Welsh thriller The Light in the Hall arrives on Channel 4

Also, Fern Britton tours Cornwall on Channel 5 and Channel 4 meets the billionaires living in the Caribbean → Read More

What’s on TV tonight: It’s back to school for the return of Waterloo Road

Also, Channel 4 takes a look at 2022 from space and the Hairy Bikers Go Local on BBC Two → Read More

Stonehouse, ITV1, review: Matthew Macfadyen drama makes a farce of a political scandal

John Stonehouse's fake death should make for brilliant television, but this insincere retelling was hard to care about → Read More

Romantic Getaway, Sky Comedy, review: Romesh Ranganathan and Katherine Ryan make the perfect sitcom couple

Who knew that the triple threat of Ranganathan, Ryan and, er, Johnny Vegas would make for a watchable comedy → Read More

What’s on TV tonight: Billie Piper reunites with Lucy Prebble for I Hate Suzie Too

Also, Miriam Margolyes hosts her own Dickensian Christmas and Lee Mack hosts The Royal Variety Performance 2022 → Read More

Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas, review, BBC One: An early Christmas dinner? What’s not to like

Monica Galetti, Angela Hartnett and Rylan Clark helped Dame Mary Berry put on her own festive feast... six days before Christmas → Read More

What’s on TV tonight: Freudian detective series Vienna Blood returns for series 3

Also, it's France and Morocco in the second World Cup semi-final and Channel 4 meets the Children of the Taliban → Read More