For all the saturation coverage given to Donald Trump’s trial in Manhattan, the line that caught many people’s attention - guilty, your honour - was whether the former US president had enjoyed a nap during proceedings.
Asked on BBC1's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg how Labour was handling the accusations against Angela Rayner, the writer and Labour supporter John O’Farrell said it was a “ridiculous non-story” and “a bit of gossip” that Kuenssberg, and the BBC in general, should not feel obliged to keep reporting. “It’s not a story just because the Mail says it is a story,” he said.
The Regime (Sky Atlantic/Now from Monday, 9pm) is what Kate Winslet did next after the Emmy-winning Mare of Easttown and Lee, a biopic of Lee Miller. It’s a strange one, but from the off Winslet looks like she’s having a ball.
At the end of an Attenborough nature documentary there’s a behind-the-scenes segment showing how the sausage is made, as it were. Scoop (Netflix, Friday) did the same for Newsnight’s interview with Prince Andrew. Yes, that interview. There are now two filmed dramatisations of the sit-down. This one, based on the book by Sam McAlister, the booker who secured the interview, is the first to arrive. McAlister comes out of it well, natch, being portrayed as a plucky, working-class single mum who drags the snooty Newsnight lot into the social media age.
I hope you are proud of yourself, JK. Yes, you, Ms Rowling, the one all over the media mocking Scotland’s hate crimes law and daring Plod to arrest you. Here is my problem, JK. I agree with everything you say about the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, which came into force this week. I just don’t like the way you are saying it.
A quiz show novice from Glasgow lifted the Mastermind trophy tonight, continuing Scotland’s run of success on the BBC show. Ruth Hart, a charity engagement manager, dedicated the win to her late father, who had encouraged her to apply. “I found out I’d been accepted on to the programme after he died. That was one of the things that kept me going,” she said.
To Edinburgh on Saturday to see Hamilton at the Festival Theatre. Had only been waiting nine years. Safe to say it did not disappoint. Wow. A thousand times wow. Phenomenon is too small a word to sum up Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical about Alexander Hamilton, the lad who rose from nothing to become one of America’s founding fathers.
Susan Calman’s Great British Cities (Channel 5, Friday, 9pm) arrives in her home town of Glasgow. How much does the comedian love Glasgow? Let her count the ways.
There’s a twinkle in Ewan McGregor’s eye that’s been desperate for an outing for a while now (as far back as Trainspotting, perhaps?). In this adaptation of Amor Towles' beloved novel he had the chance to let it loose.
Friday will be the first anniversary of Humza Yousaf being sworn in as Scotland's First Minister. Others will doubtless mark the occasion with a long list of everything he has done wrong. So unimaginative. Then a little voice piped up: why not buck the trend and record his achievements? Say something nice for once?
