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Sat 03 Mar 2007More gristle in our eyesTV Review:And tonight, Matthew, I'm gonna be . . .Matthew Kelly, having escaped from the purgatory of 18,000 years as presenter of Stars in Their Eyes to be a serious thespian again, reprised his role as wet-lipped serial killer Brian Wicklow this week in Cold Blood II, another shivering offering on the blood-soaked table of the ITV drama premiere, writes  Hilary FanninThere are two entirely irrelevant things you may (or may not) like to know about Matthew Kelly: one, he is from a family of poodle-breeders; and two, he has a Celtic cross tattooed on his bottom (apparently - I've never actually seen it).