All Critics articles
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CriticsCritics: Accidental Tourist
“The surprise to me about this show was that it was better than I expected”
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CriticsCelebrity Race Across the World; The Revenge Club
“This was a thrilling conclusion to a captivating series, full of wholesome charm and testament to the transformative nature of travel”
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CriticsSee No Evil; Man vs Baby
“It gives all its participants’ contributions time to breathe, and time for the viewer to reflect on the many delicate, intelligent insights offered”
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CriticsOur Girls: The Southport Families; Simon Cowell: The Next Act
“This hour-long tribute did a fine job of honouring these parents’ wishes”
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CriticsJamie’s Cook-Ahead Christmas; The 1% Club Rollover
“Oliver takes all the pretentiousness, all the preciousness out of cooking. His strength is being down-to-earth”
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CriticsThe War Between the Land and the Sea
“This is great fun if you can, as it were, go with the flow”
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CriticsWith Love, Meghan; The Sycamore Gap Mystery; The Abandons
“It’s all a little Stepford Wives; not informative, fun, enjoyable or even aspirational”
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CriticsWhat’s the Monarchy For?; Sean Combs: The Reckoning
“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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CriticsMammoth; Sandi’s Great Riviera Trip
“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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