All Critics articles
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CriticsCritics: What’s the Monarchy For?
“This was beautifully constructed, intelligent programme-making, but it was so carefully (and inevitably) balanced”
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CriticsSay Nothing; The Marvellous Miniature Workshop; Mammoth
“The first task of any TV drama is to tell a good story, and in this, Say Nothing excels”
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CriticsCritics: Mammoth
“It’s a fantastically silly idea that produces some glorious moments but it occasionally lacks the courage of its convictions”
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CriticsPrehistoric Planet; The Man In The Mask
“This is really only interested in its confected, family-friendly dramas”
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CriticsStranger Things; Poison Water
“This is richly entertaining stuff with proper jeopardy and bags of emotion”
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CriticsThe Beatles Anthology; Mary at 90
“Anthology is packed with affectionate, insightful interviews and lustrously restored, creatively edited footage”
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CriticsCivilisations: Rise and Fall
“It’s beautifully filmed and edited, and has fantastic talking heads telling a punchy story with gusto”
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CriticsThe Death of Bunny Munro
“Matt Smith is perfectly cast as a puffed-up yet oddly weedy and naff monster”
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CriticsTurner: The Secret Sketchbooks; A Man on the Inside
“Its approach could be a whole new style of documentary”
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CriticsSummerwater; Wild Cherry
“It examines human relationships and behaviour pretty well, but I just wish there had been more wit”
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CriticsThe Beast in Me; Richard Burton: Wild Genius
“This clever, taut psychological thriller is top-tier television”
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CriticsThe Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son
“It made for a fascinating programme about human complexity and the difficulty some men have in communicating”
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CriticsCaroline Flack: Search for the Truth; Trigger Point
“A two-parter that feels thorough and forensic, an antidote to the true-crime gravy train that usually steams through cases like this one”
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CriticsThe Celebrity Traitors; Pluribus
”The finale of The Celebrity Traitors was intense, twisty, nerve-shredding and certainly far exceeded my expectations”
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CriticsDeath By Lightning; Shetland
“What could have been a fusty historical footnote is a pacy drama infused with humour”