James Walton

A total mess: BBC2’s The Watch reviewed

Plus: a fantastically entertaining Channel 4 documentary about when Yorkie and Galaxy went to war with Dairy Milk

An eye-popping, eyebrow-wiggling, head-swivelling, neck-stretching display of hamminess: Richard Dormer in The Watch [BBC Studios/Alex Telfer] 
issue 14 August 2021

Last Sunday on Channel 4, a man called Eric Nicoli proudly remembered ‘the bravest thing I’ve ever done’. In November 1975, Rowntree was poised to launch the Trek chocolate bar. The packaging was ready, along with an advertising campaign featuring, for some reason, potholers. But as the company’s new product manager, Eric couldn’t rid himself of the niggling feeling that Trek was boring.

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