Highly effective slice of old-school storytelling: ITV’s Born from the Same Stranger reviewed

Plus: on BBC4 a group of sons discover that their father had almost certainly killed quite a few civilians

From magazine issue: 27 January 2024

Liam, an old child who'd grown up making Father's Day cards in the belief that he'd be able to give them to his dad one day

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