Nicole Vassell

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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: inside the juicy cases taken on by top defence barristers

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

Barristers: Fighting for Justice10pm, Channel 4 A juicy new fly-on-the-wall series inside the complicated cases taken on by the UK’s leading defence barristers. What does it take to defend a cab driver accused of transporting a whopping £1m worth of cocaine as part of an international drugs conspiracy? Barrister Matthew Radstone is about to show us. Meanwhile, was a case of alleged carjacking at knifepoint staged for an insurance scam? The two accused have different answers.
a sparkling new judge makes The Piano even more joyous

1 week ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Phil Harrison |Nicole Vassell |Jack Seale |Ali Catterall |Ellen Jones

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TV tonight: a sparkling new judge makes The Piano even more joyous

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Phil Harrison |Nicole Vassell |Jack Seale |Ali Catterall |Ellen Jones

The Piano 9pm, Channel 4 Musician Jon Batiste is a sparkling new addition to the competition, telling co-judge Mika that he doesn’t even need to hear a single note to detect a star: “That’s how I picked a lot of my band members: I saw my drummer Joe Saylor on the street and said: ‘Man, let’s go play.” But there is a lot of potential in Liverpool Street Station, from a gifted 12-year-old to a dinner lady at a music school and a septuagenarian with Parkinson’s who plays in a dazzling purple...
could this Aussie comedy be the next Colin from Accounts?

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Nicole Vassell |Ellen Jones

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could this Aussie comedy be the next Colin from Accounts?

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Nicole Vassell |Ellen Jones

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TV tonight: could this Aussie comedy be the next Colin from Accounts?

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Ali Catterall |Nicole Vassell |Ellen Jones

Austin9.30pm, BBC OneWhat starts as a zippy Aussie comedy about a man on the brink of being cancelled soon turns into something quite heartwarming. Ben Miller is British children’s author Julian, who is about to lose his career and wife Ingrid (Sally Phillips) while on tour in Australia, when neurodivergent Austin (Michael Theo) introduces himself as Julian’s estranged son … It has been a hit in Oz, so may just have the Colin from Accounts effect.