All Critics articles
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CriticsThe Apprentice
“Two decades in, the BBC’s annual spectacle of entrepreneur-on-entrepreneur pugilism is necktie-deep in a rut”
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CriticsBridgerton; Grantchester
“Bridgerton is daft and OTT, but it’s a splash of colour and a rollicking good romantic lifter for miserable January and February”
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CriticsShrinking; Wonder Man
“It’s still very funny, uniformly well put together and full of great turns”
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CriticsSteal; The Secret of Me; 24 Hours In Police Custody Investigates
“Not only cleverly plotted but supremely fun”
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CriticsA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms; Arctic Adventure: Ultimate Survival
“In Game of Thrones franchise terms, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a bagatelle”
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CriticsAfter the Flood; The Night Manager; Gladiators
“A villain every bit as skin-crawling as James Norton’s Tommy Lee Royce”
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CriticsStarfleet Academy
“The Grange-Hill-with-phasers vibe of a gang of kids testing their boundaries is surprisingly moreish”
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CriticsThe Seven Dials Mystery; Pole to Pole with Will Smith; How To Keep Your Brain Young
“A very classy job with great performances in which the characters say enjoyably posh things such as “what the blazes!””
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CriticsHijack; Saving Country Houses With Penelope Keith; A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
“A well-crafted series of conspiracy, intrigue and surprise — one that never comes off the rails”
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CriticsLucy Worsley’s Victorian Murder Club; Industry
“The clues and red herrings are well presented, and the insights into London’s brutal past are fascinating”
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CriticsCall the Midwife; Heated Rivalry; Casualty
“What a corker of an episode this was, ranging seamlessly from dry wit to darkest misery and back again”
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CriticsA Thousand Blows; Britain’s Favourite Railway Stations with Si King; Tehran
“When it’s hitting full stride, A Thousand Blows really is knockout stuff”
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CriticsCan You Keep A Secret?; Grantchester
“This is comedy with a novel storyline and a point to make, and it deserves to be given a good chance”
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CriticsIndustry; Millionaire Hot Seat; Beast Games
“Season four is even better, truly top-tier television that’s surely destined for end-of-year lists”
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CriticsLynley; CorrieDale
“Stick with it — it gets motoring in later episodes. And while no one asked for the modern-day return of detective Beau Brummell, it’s worth a look”
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CriticsDavid Bowie: The Final Act; Waiting for the Out
“Ten years on, the loss still stings, but this film brings Bowie a little closer”