Jack Seale

England

Freelance Writer and Critic at Freelance

Good, but not great, TV critic (he/him)

Articles

the winners and losers of this year’s British Soap Awards

2 days ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Jack Seale |Alexi Duggins |Hannah Davies

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TV tonight: the winners and losers of this year’s British Soap Awards

2 days ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Jack Seale |Alexi Duggins |Hannah Davies

The British Soap Awards 20258pm, ITV1It is a hard time for the soaps right now, so it was nice to see them get some love at the annual awards show at the weekend (after all, that live EastEnders episode was undeniably a great feat). Did the Dingles beat the Slaters to pick up the best family award? Did Mercedes McQueen’s powerful acceptance of her bowel cancer win scene of the year?
TV tonight: Paris Lees’ captivating millennial coming-of-age drama

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Jack Seale |Simon Wardell

What It Feels Like for a Girl9pm, BBC Three Millennials, prepare for a nostalgia rush as this rollicking adaptation of Paris Lees’ memoir takes us back to the time of Nokias, Zombie Nation and total hedonism. Life is “one big fucking party” for everyone except Byron (a brilliant breakthrough for Ellis Howard), a working-class teenager desperate to escape constant homophobia and hopelessness. Sex work leads Byron to Nottingham’s underground scene and a fun-loving group called the Fallen Divas.
chapter two of the ultimate Jane Austen docu-series

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

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TV tonight: chapter two of the ultimate Jane Austen docu-series

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

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius9pm, BBC TwoAt this point in the documentary series, Austen has written Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility plus Northanger Abbey – but nobody outside her family has read them. This chapter shows her journey to getting them published. But just after she gets good news, her father becomes sick and she faces losing her biggest cheerleader.
Natasha Lyonne solves the case of a murdered school gerbil

1 week ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Phil Harrison |Jack Seale |Matthew Pearce |Ali Catterall

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TV tonight: Natasha Lyonne solves the case of a murdered school gerbil

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Phil Harrison |Jack Seale |Matthew Pearce |Ali Catterall

Poker Face9pm, Sky MaxThe fun whydunnit continues and Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) is working at a posh elementary school this week, where she finds herself solving the murder of the class gerbil (the biggest victim yet?). She’ll have to get to the bottom of a feud between a girl and a boy who are battling to get the most gold stars. Margo Martindale guest stars as the principal, with Adrienne C Moore as the teacher.
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster review - the enraging tale of how five people died in an underwater deathtrap

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Jack Seale

“What was that bang?” Implosion, BBC2’s documentary about the doomed commercial submarine Titan and its owner and pilot Stockton Rush, has footage shot on 18 June 2023 at the very instant when, on a sightseeing trip 3,800m below the surface of the Atlantic, Titan suffered a fatal rupture and the five people inside it died.
Ellie Simmonds opens up about her decision whether to have a baby

1 week ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Ellen Jones |Jack Seale |Phil Harrison

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Ellie Simmonds opens up about her decision to have a baby

1 week ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Ellen Jones |Jack Seale |Phil Harrison

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