All Critics articles

  • Ted Lasso series 2
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    Ted Lasso

    2021-07-23T08:45:00Z

    “Sudeikis’s performance is masterful, showing that good men have depths too, and kindness can be just as interesting as meanness”

  • Les Dawson
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    Les Dawson: The Lost Tapes

    2021-07-22T08:43:00Z

    “Taking the odd joke or TV appearance in isolation failed to capture Dawson’s appeal or do justice to his talents”

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    Uprising

    2021-07-21T09:22:00Z

    “The films aren’t just history but a warning against complacency”

  • In Treatment
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    In Treatment

    2021-07-20T08:16:00Z

    “The show is intense, and the endless conversation – without action – demands great attention.”

  • Baptiste series 2
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    Baptiste

    2021-07-19T09:01:00Z

    “This is crime drama at its addictive best”

  • Schmigadoon!
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    Schmigadoon!

    2021-07-16T09:32:00Z

    “After a barren year for Broadway and the West End, this good-hearted show is a welcome musical reprise”

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    This Way Up

    2021-07-15T09:21:00Z

    “Bea and Horgan’s chemistry is as glorious as ever”

  • Cooking with the Stars
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    Cooking with the Stars

    2021-07-14T09:01:00Z

    “Overall this was exciting, charming and fun with accomplished editing helping to strain every drop of tension”

  • Lie With Me
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    Lie With Me

    2021-07-13T09:08:00Z

    “If you want daft, unchallenging pure escapism, here it is”

  • The Void
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    The Void

    2021-07-12T09:45:00Z

    “Hosts Ashley Banjo and Fleur East both get stars for effort, but they’re striving to inject excitement when there is none to be had”

  • Farrow & Ball: Inside The Posh Paint Factory
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    Farrow & Ball: Inside the Posh Paint Factory

    2021-07-09T09:07:00Z

    “It was one of those PR exercises that seem to make up so much of the TV schedules these days, but a pleasant one”

  • Raising A School Shooter
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    Storyville: Raising a School Shooter

    2021-07-08T09:06:00Z

    “It was an astounding piece of work”

  • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
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    I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

    2021-07-07T08:53:00Z

    “ I Think You Should Leave is among the freshest and funniest TV comedies of recent years.”

  • Kathy Burke: Money Talks
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    Kathy Burke: Money Talks

    2021-07-06T09:03:00Z

    “As a study of our attitude to wealth it was too scattergun to reach any conclusions, but Burke’s documentaries are always immensely watchable”

  • Beck
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    Beck

    2021-07-05T08:51:00Z

    “The whole show is a study in wholesome parsimoniousness, a celebration of the steady, a hymn to the reliable”

  • Big Dog Britian
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    Big Dog Britain

    2021-07-02T08:20:00Z

    “This whole hour was an unremitting advert on behalf of the Dog Party”

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    Extraordinary Twins

    2021-07-01T08:29:00Z

    “Offered a sensitive, quietly heartbreaking exploration of how families adapt to singular circumstances”

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    Hemingway

    2021-06-30T09:18:00Z

    “Burns’s documentaries make you feel as if you are in a very refined, very expensive, very straightforward museum in Manhattan.”

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    Love Island

    2021-06-29T08:43:00Z

    “Enlightened it is not but addictive it remains”

  • Ghislaine Maxwell Epsteins Shadow
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    Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein’s Shadow

    2021-06-28T08:58:00Z

    “This three-part documentary still manages to give a comprehensive account of her life”