TV picks: 29th December
The Trial of Christine Keeler
BBC One, 9pm
The Profumo affair was the scandal that rocked a nation and is still being talked about half a century later.
The Profumo affair was the scandal that rocked a nation and is still being talked about half a century later.
“There’s a stretch of time from mid-November where I’ll be away for weeks at a time” he says.
I am meeting Rory in the upstairs bar of a pub just around the corner from the BBC in central London.
As I arrive Reid is just polishing off his lunch in the otherwise empty bar. He’s friendly, relaxed, and nothing at all like his famously starving predecessor Jeremy Clarkson.
Reid is one of the main presenters of the BBC’s new and improved Top Gear line up, joining Friends star Matt le Blanc and motoring journalist Chris Harris.
Evans and LeBlanc will be joined by Eddie Jordan, Sabine Schmitz, Chris Harris and Rory Reid. The Stig will be rounding out the team.