Assembly is a celebrity grilling that will move you to tears

As a middle-aged man with some 'life experience' behind him, I tend to cry at the drop of hat.

- Philip Cunnington on The Assembly

And let's say there were a lot of titfers being spilled during ITV's new celebrity interview show The Assembly (ITV1, Sun, 10pm).

To call it a 'celebrity interview show', though, is to do The Assembly a disservice. It's not a 'tell us all about your new film' type thing at all.

There is no gushing here, no expositions on the hidden depths of the latest Transformers movie, no marvelling at workout routines and no questions which lead to the interviewee dancing, singing or unveiling their party trick.

Okay, so David Tennant is asked about his skincare regime - "pretty basic", as it turns out - but The Assembly goes where other shows fear to tread, and it's much more interesting as a result.

A pilot was aired on the BBC, with Michael Sheen as the interviewee, and for reasons known only The Rest is Entertainment and other network wonks, it has now found itself on ITV.