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I mean they did even give us – shock of shocks – some actual funny festive comedy. But now it’s January, so time to resume with the misery.

Deadwater Fell on Channel 4 on Friday certainly fitted the brief. Right from the opening scenes it was upsetting, emotional and left me with a lingering sense of dread.

I’d seen the trailer so I knew David Tennant’s character would befall a terrible tragedy that would rock his community.

This didn’t make it any easier to watch. Cameras panned around a burned-out shell of a family home with water from fire hoses still dripping from the remains.

At the same time, in that neat telly trick designed to deepen our sense of horror, we could hear the sweet sound of primary school children singing elsewhere.

Viewers were left internally screaming:

Rescue on IN comedy scenes in Baby Chimp BBC2, the stars really were behaving like... er, little monkeys.

The 21 orphaned animals, all living with surrogate parents Jim and Jenny Desmond, were caught on camera climbing up the walls, bending a car aerial, boshing an electric fan

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The story flipped around a lot, with flashbacks and several things playing out at once. But I was gripped throughout.

Tennant, playing GP Tom Kendrick, heads up a captivating cast including Anna Madeley as his wife Kate, The Good Fight’s Cush Jumbo as their friend Jess and Matthew Mcnulty as Jess’s partner, copper Steve.

There were traumatic scenes, including

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Jenny, with several climbing on her. r. They treat them like their own kids, cuddling them like babies.

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e prepare for life in the wild. And the strain was taking its toll. Monkey business gets serious.

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