Tom Daley is everywhere at the moment - after a far-too-brief stint on Celebrity Traitors, he's got a new show on Channel 4 starting imminently. The series, called The Game of Wool, is one of those cosy competition styles, like Bake Off, but featuring knitting and crochet rather than oven-based larks. It's going to be a fascinating watch... I knit so slowly I can't really fathom anyone creating something within …

I was sad to read about the death of Prunella Scales today, aged 93. Every tribute and reference I've seen has mentioned her turn as Sybil Fawlty in the iconic Fawlty Towers, but I have to go out on a limb and say I vastly prefer her performance in After Henry. I'm mildly obsessed with this sitcom, written by Simon Brett, which started life as a radio series and made …

Strictly Come Dancing this week featured an Icons theme, which I had thought was a one off last year but apparently is now an annual thing. It’s fine, a great idea, but it does lead to some questions over who is and isn’t an icon. What even makes someone an icon in the first place? Is it global superstardom? Is it just being that person for one specific contestant? Given …

Lots of news this week. When the Claudia & Tess story broke, someone said to me 'have you seen the Strictly news?' and my immediate reaction was 'WHAT NOW?' This show can't catch a break. And the presenting duo leaving overshadowed the sad news that Stefan had to withdraw from the show due to injury, a shame after he had just come back from sickness. But he achieved what he …

Last week, Tess and Claudia surprised Strictly Come Dancing fans and the rest of the world by announcing this series would be their last. It was shocking, obviously, because they are part of the fabric of the show, and also because it came out of nowhere - I hadn’t heard any serious rumblings of them leaving and no one had leaked the announcement before it happened. Instead it was just …

No theme this week, no extra guest mentors, no messing about, we've got a full house and a collection of dancers who are ready to prove what they can do. So let's just get on with the show! Karen & Carlos - Quickstep The training VT made this look great, and it was fab on the floor too. The frame slipped on a few occasions, but it was a lot …

I've just recently finished watching the second series of Platonic and it was absolutely incredible, even better than the first one. It doesn't look like I wrote anything after watching the first series which is a surprise because it was an excellent set of ten episodes. Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen star as best friends who had fallen out for a while but end up reconnecting and getting wrapped up …

It was nice to be back in the Strictly party watching sort of live on a Saturday rather than a day delayed, and what better way to celebrate than with Movie Week! Hooray! The best part of this is guessing the movies as the celebrities walk down the stairs, and then by extension what song they're going to be dancing to. We really will make a quiz out of anything. …

Two years ago, I wrote about the emergency hot water bottle cover I knitted and how proud I was of the result. It was a super easy pattern that came together really well and quickly, and I went on to knit a couple more covers for family members so that we could all have that extra bit of warmth and protection. They're all pretty well used now, those original covers, …

I always love going to the coast, and what's better than combining a trip to the seaside with a spot of musical theatre at the same time? Weymouth Pavilion was the setting for this adventure, a glorious theatre that is right on the seafront, overlooking some choppy waters. They were definitely choppy when I was there as the wind had picked right up. As the winter night drew in, the …

You'll have seen it by now, I'm sure, when Eugene Levy met Prince William as part of his travel show The Reluctant Traveller. This Apple TV show began life by putting Eugene out of his comfort zone, as someone who didn't really like travelling or care much about broadening his horizons. Three series in and his outlook has changed, so each episode is more just an exploration of a different …

I ended up watching this show late, picking it up on Sunday instead of the usual Saturday night party. It was weird, but did mean that I could go straight from the live show into the results show, so that was fun! This was the final time we'd see all fifteen couples competing, with the first vote, the first dance off, and one person facing leaving the competition at the …

Strictly's first live show of the year and we are back in action baby - technical gremlins and all. The show opened with a rather self-indulgent but still lovely dance through the decades, and then we were introduced to our judges (still insisting on doing the dance and shimmy over to the chairs despite the fact they never manage to get their on time, I'm looking at you Shirley). Our …