The Spectator, February 5th, 2005
Television
'It's neat, it's authentic, it makes sense. The trouble is, it's rubbish,' said Tony Robinson, speaking about the research behind The Da Vinci Code, the book which has, judging by the numbers of people I see clutching it on the Tube, more or less killed off newspaper reading in this country.
Mr Robinson, better known to viewers as Baldrick from Blackadder, was presenting a two-hour special documentary on Channel 4 called The Real Da Vinci Code (Thursday). Finding the limitless errors in this novel, which claims to be based on factual research, has become a cottage industry in itse...
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