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BBC2. Thu 3 Aug, 10pm
Armando lanucci‘s latest project, Time Trumpet, is a proper, fresh antidote to those wall-to-wall nostalgia shows in which low-rent celebs discuss stuff they probably don‘t even remember. It roughly follows those formats but is set 20 years in the future. In the interviews, middle-aged versions of well- E“..° :f ' The Story of Light known people, like Paula Radcliffe, above, discuss what 2007 was like. Entertainment HE-‘w .1", :sm . . So we have a wrinkly old Charlotte Church recalling the time when she ~': '~ « 2 z z w m f' v ' 2 literally ‘vomitted herself inside out'. and an unrecognisable Anne T W “- '12' ‘ *'\ w rvn' ‘ .2 Robinson describing her many, many cosmetic surgery procedures and 2 .z w .1 f .. f" z 1' 2 how they influenced the creation of a children’s TV show about the practice I' ’ ' "z " z' (a clip from which shows a young girl talking about how she’s having a chin ~~‘. ', " _:*2‘ .1. 2' " ' enlargement so she can look like Clare Balding). 2 _.: .: _1 ' 2~-“_' _2 2 z 22 There are also quotes from a fat old Jamie Oliver, a wrinkly Ant and Dec :'.1 . fl" '~- "' -- and a well matured June Sarpong, as well as a lot of brilliantly funny, ".1'.’ .2 1'»; t' » ' massively disrespectful political material, including descriptions of what l'w runny t t» a: .2 ~' Shiny .:z .e' u 2. 2:1" . .2' : happened when Tony Blair went mad and thought he could see angels. We Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart '3» :-.‘:' -~:‘. 2.. 'r " 2 ..: also get to hear about how Prince Charles reacted when he found out that, IEw‘b‘C.‘ \‘.:>.2 W: '2 .: w- “ T" " ~I‘. ‘. :' 2 . : 16 years after he had married Camilla Parker Bowles, she was in actual ~!'~i'*‘ti C: T" a. .'.a:‘ i'wr; 're- ’.' .z' 2 -- fact Channel 4 prankster Justin Lee Collins. a'i‘: :‘ .2 f w ' "tow: L. f1-— .2’ :..v 2-- lanucci is by far the best thing in Britain at the moment. Despite being an
“my 39.2 52mg... _.:; 1'». '15:“: g".~i a... : w 2 \-- utter brainiac, he has a bewitching sense of daft fun, and displays the best character. Mum :\ SJ. r "go's" 7" xx: w :-' " : s :' :' : characteristics of Chris Morris, without the terrifying bits. He is, in short, a
Hank‘s. his I‘m "Mm: reg. 7‘5: 8.33.12" 1' .2 . y 2 E3 : . e . treasure and we salute him. (Ashley Davies)
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