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

TV tonight: the inside story of David Frost’s interview with Nixon

23 hours ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Phil Harrison |Hannah Davies |Graeme Virtue |Simon Wardell

David Frost Vs9pm, Sky DocumentariesOf all David Frost’s TV interviews, his 28 hours with disgraced former president Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal was his most watched and most important. The inside story is told here, opening a series that revisits Frost’s work (later subjects are Elton John and the Middle East). Contributors include his son Wilfred, Nixon insiders Frank Gannon and Ken Khachigian, and Ron Howard and Michael Sheen (the director and star of the 2008 film Frost/Nixon).
TV tonight: a new series that goes inside life-changing therapy sessions

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Jack Seale |Graeme Virtue

Change Your Mind, Change Your Life With Matt and Emma Willis11pm, BBC OneIt is a potentially nauseating concept: a celebrity couple pushing the benefits of having therapy. But Matt and Emma Willis’s insightful series, which follows clients before, during and after therapy sessions, is a fascinating watch – and it might just leave you having an “Aha!” moment or two when applying it to your own thought patterns.
The Last of Us recap: season two, episode five - how long has Ellie had us fooled?

2 days ago | theguardian.com | Graeme Virtue

This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen episodes one to five. She may be an impulsive 19-year-old but we know Ellie (Bella Ramsey) isn’t stupid. Her headstrong nature may have something to do with her immunity to the cordyceps infection that has ravaged the world for more than two decades, but she could still have been shot or drowned or mortally wounded in countless other ways.
TV tonight: the horrific murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman explored

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

Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park 9pm, Sky DocumentariesAs the nation enjoyed the eased lockdown in June 2020, Bibaa Henry celebrated her birthday with friends and family in Fryent Park, London. But by the next day, nobody could get in touch with Bibaa and her sister Nicole “Nikki” Smallman. After 36 hours, and continual mistakes by the police, Nikki’s boyfriend found the sisters dead in the park.
The Surfer review - Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation

6 days ago | bigissue.com | Graeme Virtue

Film The Surfer evokes the golden age of cinematic melodramas Last month we said goodbye to director Ted Kotcheff. The veteran Canadian was prolific in both film and TV so the headlines zeroed in on his most recognisable works: First Blood (1982), the movie that introduced the world to traumatised one-man army John Rambo, and Weekend at Bernie’s (1989), a broad farce about two doofuses puppeteering a corpse.
TV tonight: Natasha Lyonne’s Poker Face returns with a star-studded cast

6 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Hollie Richardson |Hannah Davies |Ellen Jones |Graeme Virtue |Simon Wardell

9pm, Sky Max Natasha Lyonne’s cool crime caper was one of 2023’s most entertaining shows, following Vegas casino worker Charlie (Lyonne) whose ability to instantly detect when people are lying gets her in big trouble with bad people and sets her on the run. As season two starts, she is still being chased across America – but stopping to use her skill to solve a different “howcatchem” in every star-studded episode.
TV tonight: Natasha Lyonne’s Poker Face returns with a star-studded cast

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Hannah Davies |Ellen Jones |Graeme Virtue |Simon Wardell

Poker Face9pm, Sky Max Natasha Lyonne’s cool crime caper was one of 2023’s most entertaining shows, following Vegas casino worker Charlie (Lyonne) whose ability to instantly detect when people are lying gets her in big trouble with bad people and sets her on the run. As season two starts, she is still being chased across America – but stopping to use her skill to solve a different “howcatchem” in every star-studded episode.
TV tonight: why did Germanwings flight 9525 crash?

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Jack Seale |Ali Catterall |Ellen Jones |Graeme Virtue

Germanwings: What Happened on Flight 9525? 9pm, Sky DocumentariesIt has been 10 years since the awful incident of the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash in the French Alps, in which all 150 passengers and crew were killed. The French public prosecutor’s office determined that the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, who had been treated for severe depression, deliberately crashed the plane. But this is still questioned. In this documentary, experts and journalists piece together what happened.
TV tonight: Ross Kemp learns the truth about his shipwrecked ancestor

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Hollie Richardson |Graeme Virtue |Ellen Jones |Jack Seale |Phil Harrison

What links Ross Kemp with the Napoleonic wars? Watch Who Do You Think You Are? to find out (BBC One). What links Ross Kemp with the Napoleonic wars? Watch Who Do You Think You Are? to find out (BBC One). Photograph: BBC/Wall to Wall/Stephen PerryWho Do You Think You Are? 9pm, BBC OneIn Ross Kemp’s family, the legend goes that Pop, his great-grandfather, was shipwrecked during his time in the merchant navy. As he follows his family tree, Kemp sifts fact from fiction.
The Last of Us recap: season two, episode four - now that is what you call romance

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Graeme Virtue

This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen episodes one to four. It’s natural to think of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as the most direct character in The Last of Us. Her immunity to the infection that has everyone else on edge combined with the inherent rebelliousness of a 19-year-old means she is rarely the most tactful of speakers. But sometimes it is Ellie’s incorrigible crush Dina (Isabela Merced) who gets straight to the point.