The success of The Choir's military wives suggests we're losing our taste for malice TV | Jonathan Freedland

No pantomime villain judges. And no losers. In the age of austerity we want shows that lift us up, not put us downThe battle for the Christmas number one spot is usually contrived nonsense, but this time it might just be saying something worth hearing. Following tradition, the bookmakers assumed the winner of this year's X Factor, Little Mix, would come out on top. But that hastily assembled quartet appears to have been overtaken by a girl group of a rather different kind: a choir of military ...

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