TV Review: The Diary of Anne Frank, BBC One, Tuesday 6
January, 7pm

post from TV Scoop on 07 January 2009 02:58:53 AM. © TV Scoop

The second instalment of Anne Frank's seminal tale of Nazi-occupied Amsterdam opened with her father unblocking the toilet. Unfortunately he'd left it rather too long before attempting the unsavoury task, with the result that he was having to pull out several bags-worth of excrement with his bare hands. Not exactly what I was expecting to see as I swallowed the last mouthful of my evening meal, so thanks for that BBC! Still, it did provide a more-than-graphic reminder of the intense privations of life in the Frank annexe. Fortunately, some of the rest of this episode concentrated on