All Critics articles – Page 116
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CriticsTV Critics: Comic Strip Presents ... Red Top; The Town That Took on the Taxman; 10,000 BC Two Tribes
“If there’s one flaw in Red Top, it’s that it tries too hard to tick every box of this evolving story.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Barely Legal Grafters; The Jihadis Next Door; Manchester's Serial Killer?; Phone Shop Idol
“The pity was that Barely Legal Grafters was unwilling to push for details.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Crashing; Tracey Ullman’s Show; Nature's Wonderlands
“The tonal flips between frank and filthy, sad and weird give Crashing enough of an edge to make it feel fresh.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Call The Midwife; The Getaway Car; War and Peace
“The joy and the cleverness of Call The Midwife is its ability to mix heart-wrenching drama with gentle comedy, and not allow the combination to feel strained.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Brian Pern; Busting the Drugs Millions; The World's Sneakiest Animals
“Given the abundance of talent and potential material available here, this comedy just isn’t sharp enough.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Occupied; I'm An Alcoholic; Great Barrier Reef
“This is pacey, intelligent and made with Borgen-like conviction.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Derren Brown; The Secret Life Of The Family; Victorian Bakers; Saved
“A hugely entertaining farce, reminiscent of the dead guest episode of Fawlty Towers.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Tracey Ullman’s Show; How to Lose Weight Well; Crashing
“These are recognisable characters brought to life with precision, originality and bite.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Voice; War and Peace; Jericho
“Boy George added much-needed irreverence and could be just the boot up the backside the show needs.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Jericho; The Age of Loneliness; Death In Paradise
“Let’s give a big ole yee-haw for Jericho’s fearless ambition to be (slightly) different.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Empire of the Tsars; Three Days of Terror; Secret Shopper; Trust Me I’m a Doctor
“There was so much footage of Worsley it was unnerving. But her passion for the subject matter was utterly charming.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Victorian Bakers; Tricks of the Restaurant Trade; You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
“It was in every way the perfect BBC2 factual programme: full of substance, educational and accessible for all.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Insert Name Here; Silent Witness; Immortal Egypt; When Ant and Dec Met the Prince
“It is funny and it is (fairly) clever, which is pretty close to the panel-show holy grail.”
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CriticsTV Critics: War And Peace; Deutschland 83; Beowulf
“This is a production of noble ambition and grand execution; a thrilling trumpet blast for the new year.”
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CriticsTV Critics: We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story; The Children who Beat Ebola; How the Rich Live Longer
“This was an affectionate, entertaining account, which made me want to look back at the original series, more than forward to next year’s new film.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Cue the Queen; BAFTA celebrates Downton Abbey; From Andy Pandy to Zebedee
“A baggy and charmless rush through royal history.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Apprentice; Bear’s Wild Adventure with Barack Obama; The Sound of Music
“Maybe it’s not time to present the format with its P45 just yet.”
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CriticsTV Critics: First Dates; Nation's Favourite Bond Song; Christmas on the Poverty Line; Last Panthers
“I just wonder whether, had Channel 4 been a profit-making entity it would have stuck with it.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Peep Show; Love You To Death: A Year of Domestic Violence
“I kind of wish Peep Show could just continue every year until Mark and Jez die in soiled trousers from appropriately mundane illnesses.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Luther; The World's Most Expensive Christmas; Back in Time for Christmas
“It is, in its heart, an incredibly stupid television programme.”