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Barbara Ellen

Barbara Ellen is a columnist for the Observer. She has also written for NME, the Times, Mail on Sunday, Elle, Marie Claire, Grazia, Loaded, GQ and Mojo

September 2024

  • On and off-screen couple Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer in Colin from Accounts.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Colin from Accounts; In Vogue: The 90s; Trump: Should We Be Scared?; Grand Designs – review

    Australia’s funniest couple surpass themselves; a Vogue magazine doc is more style than substance; Matt Frei explores fear, loathing and Donald Trump; and hard hats off to Britain’s fearless self-builders
  • The Strictly dancers applaud Paul Merson's moves.

    Cha-cha with chaperones: Strictly Come Dancing is back after the turmoil

    The smiles are bright. But has the BBC show lost its lightness now?

    • Kate’s ‘Eat, Pray, Picnic’ video vibe was corny but the subtext was clear: I’ve changed

      Barbara Ellen

    • Observer TV reviews
      The week in TV: America’s New Female Right; Slow Horses; The Perfect Couple; Funny Woman – review

    • The week in TV: Sherwood; Kaos; The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me – review

August 2024

  • Liam (left) and Noel Gallagher.

    Oasis are back. So why all the hatred?

  • Kyla Harris seated in a wheelchair as Freya and Elena Saurel as Jo, kneeling beside the wheelchair, her head on Harris's lap in We Might Regret This.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: We Might Regret This; Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body; The Frog; Pachinko; Made in Korea – review

  • Crowds of young people loaded up with camping gear queue to enter the Reading festival site

    Setting limits for your child’s teenage kicks doesn’t make you a terrible killjoy

    Barbara Ellen
  • Freddie Flintoff standing in front of a brightly painted lorry on Kolkata.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams on Tour: Daddy Issues: Bad Monkey; Emily in Paris – review

  • Behold the new sexy Pirelli calendar, a perfect example of Post#MeToo creep

    Barbara Ellen

  • Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?; A Storm Foretold; Paris Olympics; Slip – review

  • Women – don’t get larger, don’t get older, don’t have fun, don’t dare to wear a bikini

    Barbara Ellen

  • Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Paris Olympics 2024; Atomic People; Saucy! Secrets of the British Sex Comedy; House of the Dragon – review

July 2024

  • Melvyn Bragg sitting at a table opposite Tracey Emin in her studio with her paintings in the background.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Art Matters; Surviving the Post Office; The Decameron; Time Bandits – review

    Melvyn Bragg makes an impassioned plea to save the arts in Britain; wronged subpostmasters tell their story; a medieval romp channels Covid and The White Lotus. Plus, a time-travelling Lisa Kudrow
  • The BBC Olympics presenters Fred Sirieix, Isa Guha, Hazel Irvine, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Jeanette Kwakye, JJ Chalmers and Laura Kenny.

    Observer TV reviews
    Paris Games TV coverage review – just navigating the channels feels like an Olympic sport

    Amid rain and soggy shots of the Eiffel Tower, I swiftly became over-invested in the women’s 3-metre synchronised diving … and, hey, bring on the breakdancing

    • I Was There by Alan Edwards review – the rock gods’ right-hand man

    • Observer TV reviews
      The week in TV: Supacell; Skint: The Truth About Britain’s Economy; A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder; The Man With 1,000 Kids – review

    • If sportswomen were paid more, they might not feel obliged to get their kit off

      Barbara Ellen

June 2024

  • Hartswood Films for ITV AND ITVX DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED Episode 1 Pictured:NICK MOHAMMED as Morgan,BEN MILES as Toby,SIMON RUSSELL BEALE as Bently Cassok,HUGH BONNEVILLE as Douglas,KAREN GILLAN as Madeline and ALEX KINGSTON as Sheila. This image is under copyright and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes in your print or online publication. This image cannot be syndicated to any other third party. Copyright ITV For further information please contact: Patrick.smith@itv.com 07909906963

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Douglas Is Cancelled; The Bear; Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials; BBC Prime Ministerial Debate – review

  • A closeup of Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy with their heads side by close

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: House of the Dragon; Euro 2024; The Stormtrooper Scandal; Under the Bridge – review

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