James Delingpole James Delingpole

Eddie Izzard is so bad I’m hoping he gets dismembered: Sky’s The Lost Symbol reviewed

Plus: an apology to all those I misled into watching Midnight Mass

My only solace watching The Lost Symbol is that the tattooed man might chop up Eddie Izzard 
issue 27 November 2021

If it weren’t for this job I sometimes wonder whether I’d even bother watching TV at all. This mood strikes me particularly in those weeks when I find myself casting round for anything new and vaguely interesting to watch and I end up in front of something as epically dire as Sky’s new Dan Brown adaptation The Lost Symbol.

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