Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson is a Guardian writer and broadcaster
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2 out of 5 stars.
TV review Piers Morgan Uncensored review – a bad Jeremy Clarkson tribute act … with added Trump
2 out of 5 stars.The egotist-in-chief returns to TV promising an ‘island of sanity’ in ‘a world gone mad.’ But he’ll need to do way worse than this weak opener with Donald Trump to make his new gig a hit -
5 out of 5 stars.With their portrait of a wobbling monarchy and egotistical leadership, these rare stagings are particularly topical
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3 out of 5 stars.
The Taxidermist’s Daughter review – Kate Mosse’s gothic mystery stuffed with visual thrills
3 out of 5 stars.Mosse’s adaptation of her blood-soaked novel delivers on chills but could do with more substance amid the sound and fury -
John Darwin pretended to die at sea – then spent years in a secret room in his house while his sons mourned. As The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe brings the caper to TV, its creator and star talk crime, coercion … and dentures
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Jed Mercurio’s show is unfairly lacking in awards, and Bafta needs to give more weight to international shows from broadcasters like Netflix – or fail to reflect TV’s balance of power
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‘The police were terrified’: Sherwood, the TV drama about strikers, scabs, miners and murder