Alex Davies
23 articles on New Dispatch

BBC Strictly needed its biggest and best line-up ever in 2026 - but this year's class is an uninspiring joke
GB News' Entertainment Editor goes through the list of famous faces heading to the ballroom this year - and why it feels like a missed opportunity for the BBC

I don't say it lightly, but it's time for Ricky Gervais to quit TV - Netflix's Alley Cats is woeful
GB News' Entertainment Editor delivers his brutally honest verdict on the comedian's animated series about foul-mouthed felines

Ariana Grande is living every girl's dream, to quit over 'endless scrutiny' is just a woke excuse
Complaining about too much attention while doing one of the most attention-seeking jobs out there is a slap in the face to fans everywhere, says GB News' Entertainment Editor

The Game Fair is all that's brilliant about rural Britain. Westminster must listen to save it
GB News' Entertainment Editor goes inside this year's celebration of the British countryside

The Odyssey: I watched the film so you don't have to - and Nolan's Helen of Troy makes a mockery of the classic tale
GB News' Entertainment Editor delivers an honest verdict of what went right, and what went wrong with Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

James Bond does NOT have to remain 'white and male' - and there's one person who can prove me right
GB News' Entertainment Editor explains why it may be time to break with tradition when it comes to finding the next 007

Ricky Gervais made a crucial error with his Office 25-year special - but it still put the BBC effort to shame
GB News' Entertainment Editor explains why, while The Office may be celebrating turning a sprightly 25, the BBC's way of honouring the show proves it should be considering retirement

I went on BlueSky to see the hard-Left's reaction to Jeremy Clarkson's cancer news - what I saw appalled me
GB News' Entertainment Editor explains how an inability to show empathy for someone battling the cruelest of illnesses has left the darkest of clouds over BlueSky

Jeremy Clarkson's farm hosted the UK's biggest arable event - the atmosphere was not what I expected
Cereals rolled into Diddly Squat for the first time this year, and it quickly became clear why it's a highlight of every farmer's calendar

One-star reviews and calls for its axe - is it really time to cancel Clarkson's Farm?
Clarkson's own star power is being used as a stick to beat him with - but if it results in the end of one of the best shows on TV, critics will be sorry

I went to Clarkson's Farm-Fest - here's an honest review of what went right and wrong
The inaugural Farm Fest has come to an end, and GB News was in attendance to witness all the highs and lows from a sun-baked Stoneleigh Park

Josh Widdicombe is perfect for woke BBC Strictly execs but is exactly why the show is waltzing to its demise
From chummy TV shows with Nish Kumar to chortling with Green leader Zack Polanski, Josh Widdicombe's appointment as the new Strictly host is proof that lefty TV execs have learnt nothing

Bringing back Top Gear is a disaster for all involved - and continues a bleak trend for a desperate BBC
The BBC's persistence in rebooting classics rather than conjuring up fresh ideas proves a dearth of creativity among today's TV execs

David and Victoria Beckham's latest move has made me 'Team Brooklyn' and I'm not alone
Whatever side of the fence you sit on, it's hard not to see the Beckhams' latest olive branch as one void of any real meaning

Alan Cumming will go down as one of the worst Bafta hosts ever so there's only one man who can do the job next year
The Scottish actor struggled to draw the laughs from the Bafta crowd this year, and unless there's a serious rethink, the same will happen again and again

There was only ONE person to save The Grand Tour but now Amazon has made a big mistake
Replicating the magic of Hammond, May, and Clarkson was never going to be an easy task, but Amazon may have just made the job a lot harder

Phillip Schofield's Cast Away isn't a Hollywood redemption tale - it's a sand-covered PR nightmare: OPINION
Tom Hanks received an Oscar nod for his performance as a dishevelled high-roller struggling to survive on a desert island - Schofield's performance would've taken the gong

Bridget Jones' return isn't cause for joy - it proves a sad fact about modern cinema: OPINION
Zellweger's return as one of rom-com's most-famous figures will not only fail in today's PC era, it proves fresh ideas are now a rarity, says GB News' Digital Entertainment Editor

Princess Kate's Mother's Day photo PULLED after family snap faces 'manipulation' claims
Kensington Palace released a new photo of the Princess of Wales on Sunday

BBC has shown its contempt for the public AGAIN - you're now paying to listen to millionaires: OPINION
What hope is there for budding and enthusiastic disc jockeys when one of the most sought-after gigs in radio goes to a multi-millionaire reality TV star-turned-sweet maker, asks GB News' Entertainment Editor

Steve Coogan leads 2,000+ Brit actors calling for Israel ceasefire as they accuse West of ‘tolerating war crimes’
More than 2,000 cultural figures have signed the open letter calling for a ceasefire

John Simpson RIPPED APART as he tries to defend BBC failing to call Hamas terrorists
The BBC has declined to brand Hamas as terrorists in the days since violence broke out in Palestine and Israel

GB News row erupts as guest claims hijab sculpture is a 'disgrace'
The debate arose after plans for a sculpture of a hijab-wearing woman to be installed in a West Midlands town were announced