![]() ![]() Some of those attitudes can be discerned in this week’s first film, recalling the so-called “bridge wars” of the late 1980s, when the boroughs of Queens and the Bronx vied for hip-hop supremacy – the springboard being Marley Marl and MC Shan’s 1987 release “The Bridge”. The rapper is on hand to describe the creation of her 1989 feminist anthem Ladies First, which helped pull hip-hop away from what’s described here as “toxic male attitudes”. One of the many strengths of this excellent series has been the generous input from the musicians themselves – and in the final double-bill that includes Queen Latifah. And unlike Channel 4’s Travel Man, there’s none of that slightly wearying one-upmanship between companion comedians. While few tourist cliches are left unbothered, even a visit to Las Ramblas feels unbearably exotic in the context of the current lockdown. After his ITV series on South Africa, a typically ebullient Gregg Wallace now unpacks his trademark gusto in various European cities, starting in Barcelona. Somebody at least has been enjoying his travels before the pandemic struck. Ritchie and Jill (Lydia West) meanwhile hatch a scheme to buy the Pink Palace, and Ash finds himself battling Clause 28. Unlike Roscoe (Omari Douglas) who, fed up with being the kept man of Stephen Fry’s Tory MP, departs with a leaving present for Margaret Thatcher. ![]() He’s not yet ready to join the nascent protests however. Davies has said that he identifies most with Ritchie’s evasions – but these look like coming to an end here as he visits his parents. There are so many telling details in Russell T Davies’s beautifully judged drama it’s hard to know where to start – whether it’s the estate agent form asking whether Ritchie (Olly Alexander) has ever shared a bed with a man, or the funeral oration that mentions everything except the deceased’s long-term boyfriend. ![]() Russell T Davies’s newest project It’s A Sin heads back to 80s London (Photo: Channel 4) It’s A Sin On a lighter note (although Death In Paradise never becomes exactly dark), Florence attempts to persuade Parker to tick another feat off his sort-of Saint Marie bucket list – to take a swim in the sea. Just how uncooperative these particular Brit tourists – a collection of entitled toffs and the inevitable odd-one-out – are, Neville only discovers when they try to pull strings and block his investigation. “Nothing says cooperation like a bunch of drunk Brit tourists,” says a doubtful DI Neville Parker ( Ralf Little), referring to the stag party which hired a fishing boat whose skipper has just washed up on a beach with a harpoon sticking out of his chest. ![]()
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