Graeme Virtue

Glasgow

Writer and Broadcaster at Freelance

Freelance culture writer long off here but you can email "gvirtue+work" at gmail dot com #gotgoodrates? #letsbemates

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Articles

John Simm stars in a hammy new thriller

1 day ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Graeme Virtue |Nicole Vassell |Phil Harrison |Ali Catterall

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TV tonight: John Simm stars in a hammy new thriller

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Graeme Virtue |Nicole Vassell |Phil Harrison |Ali Catterall

I, Jack Wright9pm, U&AlibiA great cast – including John Simm, Gemma Jones, Rakhee Thakrar and Niamh Cusack – for this rompy thriller about a wealthy patriarch who died by suicide … or did he? Businessman Jack Wright married three times and has a brood of grownup kids, so there is a lot of squabbling at the reading of his will. But while everybody is storming out in a rage, an autopsy prompts questions about Jack’s death.
Joe Lycett’s mission to visit 18 places called Birmingham

2 days ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Graeme Virtue |Ali Catterall |Jack Seale |Nicole Vassell

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TV tonight: Joe Lycett’s mission to visit 18 places called Birmingham

2 days ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Graeme Virtue |Ali Catterall |Jack Seale |Nicole Vassell

Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham9pm, Sky Max“It feels very profound but also completely worthless at the same time.” Only proud Brummie Joe Lycett could come up with this concept: visit all 18 places called Birmingham in the US and Canada and get them to sign an internationally recognised friendship agreement. Why? He wants to put his beloved city back on the global map – and he has the blessing of the lord mayor.
TV tonight: life-or-death decisions at the casualty department door

3 days ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Ellen Jones |Jack Seale |Graeme Virtue |Simon Wardell

999: The Critical List9pm, Channel 4Theatre 6 is the only operating room in Royal Blackburn hospital that is dedicated to unplanned emergency procedures – but who decides which life-or-death cases that come through the A&E door make it in there? This pressing new series shows us, starting with a young boy who is hours away from losing a testicle, a man with a suspected burst colon, and a patient who has self-inflicted injuries from needles in his neck.
a lovely series about a bunch of celebrities taking a pilgrimage

4 days ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Graeme Virtue |Ellen Jones |Phil Harrison |Simon Wardell

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
a lovely series about a bunch of celebrities taking a pilgrimage

4 days ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Graeme Virtue |Ellen Jones |Phil Harrison |Simon Wardell

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
TV tonight: a lovely series about a bunch of celebrities taking a pilgrimage

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Graeme Virtue |Ellen Jones |Phil Harrison |Simon Wardell

Pilgrimage: The Road Through the Alps9pm, BBC TwoThe return of the lovely series in which a group of likable celebrities with different faiths embark on a pilgrimage and share profound moments. This time it’s a 300km hike through the Austrian and Swiss Alps, starting with the Salt Road. It’s a particularly sentimental route for comedian Helen Lederer, whose Czech Jewish father took her skiing there. The group also includes Catholic Traitors star Harry Clark and Muslim journalist Nelufar Hedayat.
a big night in with Elton John and Brandi Carlile

5 days ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Graeme Virtue |Jack Seale |Ellen Jones |Simon Wardell

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TV tonight: a big night in with Elton John and Brandi Carlile

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Graeme Virtue |Jack Seale |Ellen Jones |Simon Wardell

An Evening With Elton John and Brandi Carlile9.05pm, ITV1The two musicians have been friends for more than two decades and have a new duets album, Who Believes in Angels?. They perform these songs for the first time at a special gig at the London Palladium, along with covers of each other’s hits. But that’s not all: Dan Levy is host for the evening and will be sitting the pair down to get all the gossip. Hollie RichardsonDoctor Who7.15pm, BBC OnePastel paradise? … Doctor Who on BBC One.