Michelle Pinto

Latest articles by Michelle Pinto

It’s the first day of school for the children of affluent Californian town Monterey. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman AND Shailene Woodley star

Big Little Lies

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Monday 13 March 2017

Sky
This lovely occasional series telling the history of pop music through its fans concludes tonight, with DJ and presenter Sara Cox taking us from 1997 to 2010.

People's History of Pop

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Friday 10 March 2017

BBC
Everyone is starting to unravel somewhat in this week’s visit to the weirdest town in the Arctic.

Fortitude

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 9 March 2017

Sky
Powerful and moving, this Cutting Edge film follows the important work of Winston’s Wish, a charity set up in 1992 to support children who have been bereaved by murder or manslaughter.

A Killing in My Family

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 10:00pm on Wednesday 8 March 2017

Movies
More talented children show off their skills, from cooking to boxing

Little Big Shots

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Wednesday 8 March 2017

UK Shows
Physicist Dr Helen Czerski, who presented BBC4’s fascinating series on colour (The Spectrum of Science), turns her attention to the amazing world of sound in this intriguing and accessible two-parter.

Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 2 March 2017

BBC
This 21st-century version of the iconic Seventies drama has been just as heartbreaking and inspiring as the original and this week’s finale, with its nods to the past and future of Kunta Kinte’s family, is a fitting send-off.

Roots

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Wednesday 1 March 2017

BBC
The award-winning children’s documentary series My Life continues to tackle important issues, and this week we meet Shanti, nine, and Kalvin, 17, who lost their mother Seema to cancer in 2015

My Mum's Last Wish

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 5:00pm on Monday 27 February 2017

Documentaries
New midwife Valerie has a baptism of fire when she deals with a sensitive case involving heavily pregnant Nadifa.

Call the Midwife

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Sunday 26 February 2017

Call the Midwife
Actor Dan Skinner as John Hull in a dramatised scene set to Hull’s words

Notes on Blindness

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 16 February 2017

BBC
An ambitious account of the story of human physiology in a feature-length dramatised documentary.

Cradle to Grave

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Sunday 12 February 2017

Dramas
Things are getting weirder by the minute in Fortitude – and, let’s be honest, they were already pretty weird to begin with.

Fortitude

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 9 February 2017

Sky
Winter on Fair Isle is no laughing matter, as its latest residents Rachel and Shaun are finding out.

Fair Isle

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Wednesday 8 February 2017

BBC
Another chance to see this case from last year, in which the bones of a 16th-century martyr are discovered during an archaeological dig in Midsomer.

Midsomer Murders

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Wednesday 8 February 2017

BBC
The first programme in this excellent series ended with a tour around the stunning Palace of Versailles, while this week’s episode centres on the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte....

The Art of France

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Monday 6 February 2017

BBC
David Olusoga, who presented Black and British: A Forgotten History, turns his attention to the way the British Empire has been portrayed on British TV...

British Empire: Heroes and Villains

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Wednesday 1 February 2017

BBC
There's getting away from it all – and there's moving to Fair Isle, Britain’s most remote inhabited island...

Fair Isle: Living on the Edge

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Wednesday 1 February 2017

BBC
When will Dominic wake up and realise his boyfriend is an over-controlling, narcissistic bully?

Holby City

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Tuesday 31 January 2017

Medical Dramas
The fantastic documentary series for, by and about children returns with How We Roll, narrated by 11-year-old wheelchair skater Ella.

My Life

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 5:00pm on Monday 30 January 2017

Documentaries
After showing us the art history of countries including Spain and Russia, Andrew Graham-Dixon presents this new series about the art of France

Art of France

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Monday 30 January 2017

BBC
Bored of breaking hearts, Alicia nips home to see her parents tonight... and ends up back in the ED

Midsomer Murders

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Saturday 28 January 2017

UK Shows
They've saved the best for last in this clever series finale that pays a perfect tribute to the original Morse series with a lovely guest spot from John Thaw's widow Sheila Hancock

Endeavour

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Sunday 29 January 2017

UK Shows
You might think history is a reliable record but in this series Lucy Worsley shows how events in Britain’s past have been manipulated and mythologised. Tonight, she looks at the Wars of the Roses.

British History’s Biggest Fibs

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 26 January 2017

BBC
Aside from the divisive Brexit vote and the shock result of the US Presidential election, 2016 became known – rather darkly – as the year of celebrity deaths.

Status Quo Night

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 10:00pm on Friday 20 January 2017

BBC
John Thomson’s warm, dry voiceover anchors another look at life by Brits on a budget in Spain – on the Costa Notalot.

Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Thursday 19 January 2017

UK Shows
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