Tea With Judi Dench Featuring Sir Ian McKellen review – TV that will make you cry thunderous tears

Two icons share cake and take us on a touching trip down memory lane. Dench is mesmerising, and McKellen is such a devilish guest that he’ll make you weep and giggle too I am writing this in the wake of Dolly Parton’s death, so I am very much in the mood for the gentle celebration of ageing icons while we still have them. An hour of 91-year-old Judi Dench having tea with 87-year-old Ian McKellen?