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Over Christmas, the Scion casually announced that he and Girlfriend had been talking babies. I thought I coped rather well. He and I were in the kitchen at the time, making cups of tea for the assembled masses, and I didn’t drop the kettle and scream, ‘ You can barely feed and clothe yourself, let alone a poor defenceless child! ’. Instead I kept the boiling water within the parameters of the pot and said mildly, ‘Do you think that’s a good idea...

Hard Sun, Dir. Brian Kirk, BBC One, Saturdays 9:35pm BECAUSE IT’S A REVIEW, THERE’S LIKELY TO BE SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED ALL THE EPISODES SO FAR. IS THAT CLEAR? I’m all for giving things a proper go. If there are six episodes to something, I’ll give it to at least the third before deciding life’s too short. However, there are times when I find it hard to stick to this philosophy. On paper, Hard Sun is right up my street. It’s a bit...