All Critics articles – Page 109
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CriticsGalapagos; The Good Fight; Three Wives, One Husband
“By the standards of Planet Earth II, felt a little workaday – but then, what doesn’t?”
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CriticsBrian Pern; MasterChef; Bare Knuckle Fight Club; The Repair Shop
“The genius of the show is that every rock cliche is skewered, often in background gags that flash past in a moment.”
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CriticsRio Ferdinand; Fake!; Inside Kensington Palace
“An uncompromising, soul-baring examination of grief.”
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CriticsHarlots; Amazing Hotels; The Repair Shop
“There was a hint of soap opera in the air, but Harlots succeeds because it refuses to take itself too seriously.”
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CriticsLine of Duty; All Round to Mrs Brown’s; Turkey
“Jed Mercurio’s anti-corruption procedural is as taut, pacy and gripping as ever.”
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CriticsThree Wives, One Husband; Syria’s Disappeared; The Red Nose African Convoy; Great British Buildings
“It’s pretty much one long OMG WTF.”
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CriticsDIY SOS; The Royal House of Windsor; Incredible Medicine
“The best episodes of DIY SOS, like this one, are as emotional and moving as anything on television.”
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CriticsInside No 9; American Justice; Yorkshire: A Year In The Wild
“A grisly yet gleefully amusing close to a series packed with grisly and gleefully amusing moments.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Puerto Rico; Made in Chelsea; Chopping Block; North Korean Kidnap; Travel Man
“This quietly uplifting film really pushed home the point that the continued survival of any endangered species is something to be roundly celebrated.”
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CriticsVera; SS-GB; Dave’s Guide To Spending Money
“The problem with Vera is that absolutely everyone seems like an actor putting another entry on their CV.”
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CriticsThe Last Kingdom; Smile! The Nation’s Family Album; Extremely British Muslims
“There was more than enough to keep us watching in the hope that Uhtred’s ongoing adventures will prove just as gorily satisfying as before.”
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CriticsMystery of the Man on the Moor; Hidden Restaurants; The Royal House of Windsor; Midnight Sun
“It’s both totally engrossing and ultimately a bit disappointing.”
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CriticsThe Replacement; The Best of British Takeaways; Inside No 9
“The masterfully ambiguous paranoia of the first two episodes gave way to a disappointingly clichéd, bunny-boiling conclusion.”
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CriticsBig Little Lies; The Nightly Show; How’d You Get So Rich?
“I haven’t been so excited by a drama since The Missing.”
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CriticsGeri’s 1990s; War Child; Down the Mighty River; SS-GB
“One of those tiresome conveyor belts of clips, commented upon by people who confuse their own experiences with those of the whole of mankind.”
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CriticsRich Dog Poor Dog; Britain on the Fiddle; Prime Suspect 1973; Extremely British Muslims; Walks With My Dog
“Making gently life-affirming TV, it seems, is a walk in the park.”
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CriticsA Killing in My Family; Hidden Restaurants; The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun; Incredible Medicine
“Calm, rigorous, compassionate and unsentimental, it felt absolutely of a piece with the ethos of the work the charity was doing with the children.”
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CriticsKate Humble; The Replacement; Inside No. 9
“It leaves you with a gentle yearning for an office with views of dewy mountains.”
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CriticsMutiny; How’d You Get So Rich?; Broadchurch; The Nightly Show
“Mutiny was great, sadistically entertaining fun. We could have a ghoulish treat on our hands.”
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CriticsTop Gear; Lethal Weapon; Five Gold Rings
“This was a roaring return - and a vast improvement on last year’s car-crash attempt at reinventing the wheel.”