Shaun Kitchener

Shaun Kitchener | Metro columnist

Shaun Kitchener is a Metro columnist, screenwriter and playwright.

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Strictly Come Dancing 2023,Generics,Angela Rippon, Layton Williams, Nigel Harman, Ellie Leach, Amanda Abbington, Les Dennis, Adam Thomas, Eddie Kadi, Angela Scanlon, Nikita Kanda, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Annabel Croft, Jody Cundy, Zara McDermot & Bobby Brazier,*NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL 19:00HRS, FRIDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER, 2023*,BBC Studios,Ray Burniston

I was sceptical about this Strictly celeb - but they deserve the Glitterball trophy

Channel: TV TV December 15, 2023

Sorry, Spice Girls: Girls Aloud are the best girlband of all time

Channel: Music Music November 23, 2023
channel 4 axes Steph McGovern?s TV show Steph?s Packed Lunch

Steph's Packed Lunch is better than This Morning and should not be axed

Channel: TV TV December 8, 2023

After Holly Willoughby, This Morning needs a hard reset – here's what ITV should do

Channel: TV TV October 13, 2023
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If bosses are fed up with Strictly spoilers, there's only one solution

Channel: TV TV September 24, 2023
England Lionesses

Laddy culture put me off football - the Lionesses have renewed my love of the game

Channel: Football Football August 20, 2023
Heartstopper Season 2

In season two, Heartstopper fixes its only problem

Channel: TV TV August 7, 2023
Ant and Dec

Byker Grove is back - and it needs to be as audacious as ever

Channel: TV TV July 5, 2023
Taylor Swift performs during opening night of the Chicago Eras Tour at Soldier Field on June 2, 2023, in Chicago. (Shanna Madison/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Taylor Swift tickets will be like The Hunger Games – may the odds be ever in your favour

Channel: Music Music July 5, 2023

Pitting Kylie Minogue and Madonna against each other is ageist and misogynistic

Channel: Music Music June 8, 2023
Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock (13695701b) Carol McGiffin 'Loose Women' TV show, London, UK - 04 Jan 2023

How exactly is Loose Women too ‘woke’ for Carol McGiffin?

Channel: TV TV May 25, 2023
British Winners Of Eurovision Song Contest Presented With Awards By Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles, Latvian Embassy, London, Britain - 14 May 2003

Jemini may have got 'nul points' in 2003 - but they are still Eurovision legends

Channel: TV TV May 10, 2023
Jesy Nelson - Bad Thing

Jesy Nelson's Bad Thing flopped - but that doesn't mean she has

Channel: Music Music April 26, 2023
The BRIT Awards 2022 - Red Carpet Arrivals

AJ Odudu is the perfect Big Brother revival host

Channel: TV TV September 29, 2023
2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals

Ellie Goulding has been underappreciated for too long

Channel: Music Music April 12, 2023
Race Across The World series 3 cast

Race Across the World only taking place in Canada doesn't make it any less spectacular

Channel: TV TV March 29, 2023
Irish actor Paul Mescal attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 12, 2023. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Backlash over Paul Mescal’s Streetcar Named Desire tickets highlights West End elitism

Channel: Entertainment Entertainment March 15, 2023
Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (13775381n) Sinead Keenan as DCI Jessica James and Sanjeev Bhaskar as DI Sunny.Khan. 'Unforgotten' TV Show, Series 5, Episode 1, UK - 27 Feb 2023 Unforgotten, is a British ITV television crime drama, first broadcast in 2015. The series was created and written by Chris Lang, and the new series picks up with a brand new lead after Walker's Cassie Stuart died at the end of season 4. Playing new DCI Jessica James, Keenan will see her first day in her new job clouded by an unforeseen and devastating introduction to her family life. Alongside Sanjeev Bhaskar's popular returning character DI Sunil ?Sunny? Khan, they work together to solve cold cases involving historic disappearances and murders.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Unforgotten doesn’t need Nicola Walker

Channel: TV TV March 1, 2023
British pop group S Club 7, circa 2000. They are Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt, Rachel Stevens, Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee and Bradley McIntosh. (Photo by Tim Roney/Getty Images)

If S Club 7 want to make my dream come true, they need to bring back their TV show

Channel: TV TV February 15, 2023
Happy Valley S3,15-01-2023,3,Ann Gallagher (CHARLIE MURPHY) & Catherine Cawood (SARAH LANCASHIRE),Lookout Point,Matt Squire

Happy Valley's finale was perfect - it always had to be The Catherine Cawood Show

Channel: TV TV February 6, 2023