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Phil Harrison

London

TV Journalist at The Guardian

Writes about TV, music and culture for The Guardian, The Quietus, Time Out and others. Book, The Age of Static: How TV Explains Modern Britain out now. #ALAW

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  • 1 day 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).

  • 3 days ago | theguardian.com | Hollie Richardson |Ellen Jones |Phil Harrison |Hannah Davies |Jack Seale |Simon Wardell

    Inside Our ADHD Minds9pm, BBC TwoAutistic presenter Chris Packham returns with his Inside Our Minds series, this time meeting people with ADHD to make a film about what life is like for them. Tour guide Henry describes his struggle to regulate attention as being like the balls in a tombola. Jo, meanwhile, was diagnosed during the menopause; it’s another diagnosis missed more often in women. Touching and informative.

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

    Families Like Ours9pm, BBC FourAnother double bill of Oscar winner Thomas Vinterberg’s Danish climate crisis drama, which follows the evacuation of Denmark after the news that rising water levels will submerge the country. In episode three, the nation gathers for a church service that marks the official end of the state of Denmark. Then, people get desperate for payments, while others depart on dangerous journeys – and some face the grave consequences of their actions.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Jacob Panons |Phil Harrison

    Image source, Emily Sinclair/BBCImage caption, Len Spratt served in the RAF until 1947A 100-year-old RAF veteran from Kent has reflected on his time in the Second World War as the country celebrates Victory in Europe Day. Len Spratt, from Dartford, enlisted in 1943 and served for about four years before returning to civilian life. The former wireless operator air gunner said: "I'm just glad to survive the war and I'm sort of happy the way things are at the moment here in my own personal life.

  • 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.

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