All Critics articles
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CriticsThe Paper; Call My Agent!; A Killer Story
“I enjoyed it, but anything that sends up my profession is likely to get me laughing”
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CriticsLast Seen; Mr T: I Pity the Fool; Emergency 24/7
“This is riveting television, and one of the standout shows of the year”
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CriticsColin from Accounts
“If it doesn’t lead to Ash and Gordy living happily ever after – with a fully alive dog – then I will be withholding next year’s licence fee”
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CriticsThe Grand Tour; Taskmaster; Chad Powers
“Clarkson and co are an impossible act to follow, but their spiritual sons give it a good go and will only get better”
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CriticsThe Gentlemen; Stolen Babies
“Who needs the Duchess of Sussex when you have a show that is already as daft and sure of itself as this?”
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CriticsThe Jury: 14 And On Trial For Murder; Turning Point: Generation 9/11; Furious
“Gripping, and the twists in the story were well-paced”
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CriticsTea with Judi Dench; Vigil
“A nice cup of tea and a sit-down can be just as effective a way of getting someone to open up”
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CriticsMeet the Owens; Fightland
“Look at it as a cypher, one that requires reading between the lines, and it becomes as juicy as prime Le Carré”
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CriticsThe Murder Detective; Bookish
“The programme is made with care and skill, but it is a bleak situation in which not much can happen and few insightful things can be said”
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CriticsRevival; Popmaster
“For all its lightness and speed, and its cleaving to well-tested tropes, it contains moments of real poignancy”
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CriticsThe Terror: Devil in Silver
“Devil In Silver is satisfyingly unsettling with grotesque imagery that burrows under the skin and an atmosphere of curdled dread”
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CriticsLudwig; Lion
“The script is cracking, David Mitchell is great, and the supporting performances are faultless”
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CriticsFreefall: A Reckoning for Boeing; Fake or Fortune? What Happened Next; Professor T
“You’ll struggle to find many movie scenes more nightmarish than Freefall’s reconstruction of the incident when a door plug blew out mid-flight”
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CriticsThe Great ADHD Myth?; Race Against the Tide
“This is a documentary that will incense and offend some of its viewers, and its scepticism regarding ADHD is clear from the outset”
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CriticsBuried With Michael Sheen; Lanterns
“This is an excellent two-parter and Sheen is a passionate activist who is clearly fully invested in this issue for the long haul”
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CriticsThe Schoolgirl Terrorist?; A House Through Time
“You feel like you have sat through a nightmare”
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CriticsMy Brilliant Career; Murder Trial: Death of a Dog Walker; The Spy Next Door: The Anna Chapman Story
“A billabong in a bit of a desert of a week for new telly”