S1E53: Adrenalin shots with 1917 and blasting Baftas and Globes

Are there any good awards shows? Are we reaching the tipping point for today's gong-giving productions? The Golden Globes have lost credibility, the Bafta nominations have proven so problematic that a review to the voting process has been announced.

Jonathan Roberts and Cheow Sue-Ann discuss the highs (Missing Link!) and lows (11 Bafta noms for Joker!?) of the awards as they stand.

Elsewhere, Sam Mendes atones for his last Bond film Spectre with the adrenalin-fuelled tour de force that is 1917. 

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00.30: The problems with the Golden Globes, the p

09.15: Sam Mendes' astonishing edge-of-the-seat World War 1 drama 1917 reviewed.

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