Stuart Heritage

Tonbridge

TV and film writer at The Guardian

Journalist at Freelance

I write books for children and bald men

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From presenting in his pants to a pornography prank: Gary Lineker’s finest Match of the Day moments

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage

Regardless of the cloud he’s leaving under, Gary Lineker’s stint at the BBC has been historic. When he took over Match of the Day from Des Lynam in 1999, the consensus was that he had enormous shoes to fill, and yet he ended up filling them for two-and-a-half times longer than his predecessor. He departs the show as its longest-serving presenter, having managed 26 years, breaking Jimmy Hill’s record by 11 years. By Match of the Day’s dry standards, it has been a colourful time.
‘Breath-stoppingly tense’: which Mission: Impossible film is the greatest?

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Radheyan Simonpillai |Joel Snape |Stuart Heritage |Benjamin Lee |Jesse Hassenger |Pamela Hutchinson | +1 more

Mission: ImpossibleMission: Impossible’s slick and sensuous surface bears no trace of the drama behind the scenes making it. During production, the screenwriters of Jurassic Park (David Koepp) and Chinatown (Robert Towne) sent in duelling script pages for director Brian De Palma and producer Tom Cruise to wrestle over.
‘I will never stop’: Tom Cruise wants to make movies into his 100s. Why not his 1000s? | Stuart Heritage

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage

Much of the discourse around Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning revolves around that penultimate word. This, we’re told, is it. This is the last time that Tom Cruise will leap out of various modes of high-speed transport in pursuit of some nebulously defined MacGuffin. The last time he’ll grit his teeth and run across a major global landmark. The last time he’ll give Simon Pegg work. This is it. Except, not to spoil anything, but it probably isn’t.
Beckham Family Feud: Brooklyn Against David & Victoria Reeks of the Sussexes

2 weeks ago | airmail.news | Stuart Heritage

David Beckham’s 50th-birthday celebrations were as meticulously engineered as any royal engagement. There was a black-tie event in Florida with some of the world’s top athletes, a lavish party in the Cotswolds, a trip to Bordeaux on a rented $44.7 million private jet, and then dinner with Tom Cruise and Gordon Ramsay at a swanky Notting Hill restaurant.
Female Trouble | Flipboard

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Stuart Heritage

4 hours agoInside Cheryl's ex Ashley Cole's life now - from reclusive wife to unrecognisable jobAshely Cole is still a devoted football coach but has shunned the celebrity lifestyle he lived when married to Cheryl Tweedy, and now prefers to keep …10 hours agoThe Beckhams' staggering wealth revealed in Rich List amid 'feud' with their son BrooklynThe Spice Girls star, 51, and football legend, 50, have hit the headlines in recent weeks due to their rumoured feud with their eldest son Brooklyn, …
Jeremy Irons is perfectly cast as the sea - but who should play the clouds?

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage

Some actors are lucky and manage to immediately luck into a perfect role. Others have to struggle for years, sometimes even decades, before eventually finding a part that completely encapsulates their personality. Jeremy Irons is one of them. But the good news is that his number has just come up, because Jeremy Irons has just been cast as the sea.
‘I didn’t sign up for a musical!’ Are the guitar sing-alongs killing The Last of Us?

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage

This week’s episode of The Last of Us contained a moment that froze the blood. For a split second, the hearts of the viewing audience rose into their throats in horror. This is a show that has presented us with terror after nightmarish terror but, even by these exceptional standards, this was almost too much to bear. I am talking, of course, about the scene where Ellie started playing a Pearl Jam song on a guitar.
Stephen Fry is toast! The Celebrity Traitors lineup - ranked

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage

This autumn sees the release of Celebrity Traitors, a new edition of the beloved BBC reality show starring a fleet of household names. It’s a risky move for all who signed up, in that the show has the potential to seriously warp how they’re viewed by the public for years to come. But who will flounder and who will flourish? Here’s the Celebrity Traitors lineup in full, ranked in reverse order of their likely success. 19.
Stephen Fry is toast! The Celebrity Traitors lineup - ranked

3 weeks ago | aol.co.uk | Stuart Heritage

This autumn sees the release of Celebrity Traitors, a new edition of the beloved BBC reality show starring a fleet of household names. It’s a risky move for all who signed up, in that the show has the potential to seriously warp how they’re viewed by the public for years to come. But who will flounder and who will flourish? Here’s the Celebrity Traitors lineup in full, ranked in reverse order of their likely success. 19.
‘Danny Dyer deserved nothing!’ The biggest mistakes from the 2025 TV Bafta awards

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage

There has always been something charmingly underdoggy about the television Baftas. It’s the biggest night for the British TV industry, but it almost feels like an afterthought. The awards are dwarfed in glamour and scale not only by the Emmys but by the other Baftas; the film Baftas, the Baftas that famous people actually go to. Yet as comparatively small-fry as they are, the TV Baftas still have their reputation.