James Walton

Tells us more about today than the early 1960s: BBC1’s A Very British Scandal reviewed

Plus: Death in Paradise's Christmas special gives us fans everything we could have wanted

Paul Bettany as Ian Campbell and Claire Foy as Margaret in A Very British Scandal. Credit: BBC/Blueprint Pictures. Photographer: Alan Peebles
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