The Me You Can’t See review – Oprah, Harry and the perils of A-list activism

The royal recounts his mother's funeral and celebrities including Lady Gaga talk about trauma, in a well-meaning but sanitised TV series on mental health

The latest addition to the teeming tide of contributions to the mental health debate - all promising to dismantle stigma and help us all recognise the trauma in ourselves and others - is led by Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, who have launched a new series on Apple TV+ called The Me You Can't See.

I have been knocking back the anti-emetic medication since the trailer dropped, and the series itself is as cloying as expected. After some soaring music, sweeping introductory shots of various soothing natural landscapes and an equally soothing voice assuring us that it's never too late to heal", we join Oprah and Harry in a cream-toned, simply dressed room with cameras therein - no artifice here! The fourth wall, she is broken! Here, they begin what they would probably call their journey" together.