Michelle Pinto

Latest articles by Michelle Pinto

This sobering two-part film (concluding tomorrow at 8.00pm) looks back to the Berlin Games of 1936 to reveal how Hitler tried to exploit sporting values for political gain.

Hitler's Champions

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 7:00pm on Saturday 16 July 2016

Next month, Jessica Ennis-Hill is off to the Rio Olympics.

Jessica Ennis-Hill: A Coach's Story

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 1:15pm on Saturday 16 July 2016

BBC Shows
As the residents of a Sydney home for unwed mothers excitedly prepare to watch the first moon landing in 1969, their own lives are stuck in an archaic era in which they pay a high price for their actions.

Love Child

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Thursday 21 July 2016

Channel 4
This three-part comedy series based on Andrew Birch’s comic strip in The Oldie magazine stars Simon Callow as Henry Palmer, the 70-year-old rebel of the title.

The Rebel

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Wednesday 20 July 2016

There is a surreal quality to the comedy tonight.

Man Down

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Wednesday 20 July 2016

Channel 4
We really try to keep a stiff upper lip while watching Nicky and Davina’s emotional family searches, but we haven’t managed it this week!

Long Lost Family

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Wednesday 20 July 2016

ITV
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The Secret Life of Brothers and Sisters

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 7:00pm on Wednesday 20 July 2016

Channel 4
Ray continues his exploration of the wilder side of France as he explores the Ardèche region in the south-west.

Wild France with Ray Mears

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 7:00pm on Monday 18 July 2016

ITV
A chilling new light is shed on the Battle of the Somme in this three-part series

Somme 1916: From Both Sides of the Wire

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Monday 18 July 2016

BBC Shows
Despite being fitted with an electronic tag and subject to a curfew, delinquent pensioner Henry Palmer (Simon Callow) continues to wreak havoc in his native Brighton in the second episode of this three-part comedy from GOLD.

The Rebel

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Wednesday 27 July 2016

If you crossed The Wombles with The Clangers, you would end up with something like this.

Bottersnikes & Gumbles

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 5:00pm on Monday 25 July 2016

BBC Shows
Here’s another chance to see both parts of the Natural World special first shown in May.

Kangaroo Dundee & Other Animals

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 2:15pm on Sunday 17 July 2016

BBC Shows
Fifty years after England lifted the World Cup, this upbeat film talks to an array of people with special memories of that famous day.

1966: A Nation Remembers

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 12:00am on Saturday 30 July 2016

ITV
What does it take to be really world class? Mo Farah lifts the lid on his life

Mo Farah: Race of His Life

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Thursday 4 August 2016

BBC Shows
Alex Polizzi is no stranger to unreceptive hoteliers, but she has a really tough task on her hands this week when she tackles the Gyreum in County Sligo, north-west Ireland.

The Hotel Inspector

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Wednesday 29 June 2016

Channel 5
Season six ends with a supersized finale tonight, making it the longest episode EVER! Yes, after last week’s epic battle for Winter

Game of Thrones

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 1:00am on Monday 27 June 2016

Sky
Dame Penelope Keith concludes her royal tour in Wales.

Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Service

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 6:00pm on Sunday 26 June 2016

Channel 4
Celebrity First Dates

Celebrity First Dates

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Friday 8 July 2016

Channel 4
the living and the dead

The Living and the Dead

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Tuesday 28 June 2016

BBC Shows
The story of dentist Walter Palmer, who shot Cecil the lion dead in Zimbabwe, caused outrage around the world

The Women Who Kill Lions

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Wednesday 29 June 2016

Channel 4
If there’s one place Lewis Hamilton is desperate to take the chequered flag, it is here at the British Grand Prix on the Silverstone track

Formula 1

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 10:30am on Sunday 10 July 2016

Channel 4
On 8 December 1980, only three weeks after the release of his first album in five years, John Lennon was murdered by ‘fan’ Mark Chapman.

Crimes of the Century

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Saturday 9 July 2016

Another chance to see Joanna Lumley’s labour of love as the avid Elvis Presley fan heads to America’s Deep South to find out more about the king of rock ’n’ roll.

Elvis and Me

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 8:00pm on Friday 1 July 2016

ITV
Ladies’ man Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon) is on the lookout for his latest conquest, ‘showing off his feathers’ with a spot of combat training while King Guthred’s sister Gisela looks on admiringly.

The Last Kingdom

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 23 March 2017

BBC Shows
Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Reggie Yates, Michaela Coel, Katy Brand and Russell Kane – making an epic 700-kilometre journey across Kenya and Uganda to deliver supplies to Comic Relief-funded projects

The Red Nose African Convoy

By Michelle Pinto published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 23 March 2017

BBC Shows
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