TV review So painful and contrived that it's strangely fascinating

I like recipes that take, like, four hours. I don't do fast recipes at all. I like to braise.

- Lucy Mangan

"Wow, that is so fascinating."

Is it though? Is it? Netflix is clearly gambling that it is. The second series of With Love, Meghan is with us, albeit alongside the news that the Sussexes' new deal with the streaming platform is not another $100m (£74m), five-year extravaganza, but a rather less spectacular first-look agreement that gives Netflix first refusal on any shows the couple create.

The Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fashion expert Tan France puts fresh bread in the toaster before making french toast to make it more absorbent. "That's so good for people to know!" says Meghan. Is it though? Is it?

Such questions - well, slight variations on that one question - abound as we return to see what Meghan is cooking up/assembling from fruit, flowers, twine and name tags in a stranger's kitchen in Montecito.

The high point is probably Chrissy Teigen - model, mom, author and braising fan, with whom Meghan once worked as a briefcase holder on Deal Or No Deal - and an almost thrillingly insultingly brief appearance by her music mogul husband, John Legend. Teigen is good value, as the pair reminisce about lining up to have their false eyelashes put on by the