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Leavisites should stay away: Sky’s Bad Tidings reviewed

Plus: on BBC2 Alan Bennett offers his one life lesson

James Walton
Chris McCausland (Scott) turns in a solid acting performance in Sky's Bad Tidings – a drama by numbers of the most blatant kind SKy uk ltd
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 14 December 2024

  • Bad Tidings

    Sky Max

  • Alan Bennett 90 Years On

    BBC2

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