James Walton

How can anyone resist The Piano?

Plus: a thoughtful and surefooted new Holocaust drama that restores its sheer unimaginability

Claudia Winkleman with Ellis – who performed Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 with great tenderness and skill – on Channel 4's The Piano

  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz

    Sky Atlantic

  • The Piano

    Channel 4

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