Séamas O'Reilly: The Harry trial - and Sky News surrealism

"British courts do not allow cameras and, presumably, Sky News thought that the traditional route for covering such things — pastel courtroom drawings, voiced over with monotone quotes from proceedings — lacked panache, so instead they had their actor stand in the studio, directly giving Harry’s testimony to the host"

The former Prince Harry leaving the Rolls Buildings in central London after giving evidence in the phone hacking trial against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). A number of high-profile figures have brought claims against MGN over alleged unlawful information gathering at its titles. Picture date: Wednesday June 7, 2023.

In March 2001, 20 contestants descended on the Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex for a Channel 5 challenge. 

They stood around a Toyota Land Cruiser and placed their hands on its body, smiling and laughing for the cameras like fishermen who’d just caught a five-doored, diesel-powered, four-wheel-drive trout.