Prince: A Purple Reign: Grace Dent's TV OD

BBC4's Friday night documentary on the artist still called Prince zips through the times of his life, but it's still a purple treat 4 UIt's not truly feasible to "do" Prince in under 60 minutes, especially when recent George Harrison and Tom Petty documentaries have proved that with optimum footage, excellent witnesses and an edit born of love, even four hours doesn't quite nail a life less ordinary. Still, Prince: A Purple Reign (Fri, 9pm, BBC4) has a good go, despite not featuring a single wo...

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