The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Saturday february 16 critics’ choice
All Creatures Great and Small stars Christopher Timothy and Peter Davison conclude their series of vintage road trips by travelling into the Rhondda Valley, across the Brecon Beacons, and finally into Snowdonia in their A look at the expenditure of the royal family, including Prince Andrew’s penchant for luxury travel, the gigantic bill for the Buckingham Place restoration and the Queen Mother’s wellknown love of champagne, which resulted in her allegedly smuggling bubbly into hospital during a visit for a hip operation. New series. A shocking attack on a politician in Reykjavik means detective Andri Olaffson has to return to his home town in the north of Iceland. There he works with former colleagues Hinrika and Asgeir to investigate a suspected link between the case and far-right nationalists. Starring Olafur Darri Olafsson. thecouriermagazine classic 1930s Morgan 4/4. Along the course of their Welsh odyssey, they discover the origins of the AA, which prove far more subversive than expected, recreate a vintage speed trap, and hitch a lift to the top of the world’s biggest slate mine, before catching up with one of Christopher’s oldest friends. Last in the series. The name Williams is now synonymous with Grand Prix racing, but the road to success was a long and difficult one for the team’s founder, Frank Williams. This documentary recaps the stunning success Williams has enjoyed, in part, to appointing Patrick Head as his technical director in 1977. A convicted child-killer of towering height and massive build is condemned to death row, but astonishes the guards with his good nature and miraculous healing powers. Emotions run high as they realise there is no hope of overturning his death sentence. Supernatural drama, starring Tom Hanks.