All Critics articles – Page 117
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CriticsTV Critics: Back in Time for Christmas; Our Guy in Latvia; War and Peace
“You could feel the ghosts of Christmas future gathering in advance of tonight’s second episode.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Horizon: Tim Peake Special; The World According to Kenny Everett; Britain’s Wildest Weather 2015
“Tim’s genuine passion and the undeniably fascinating subject matter made this an incredibly enjoyable watch.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Hunderby; Britain’s Oldest Crooks
“It is sick, and twisted. But it is not only sick and twisted, not just about pushing the boundaries of taste and broadcastability– it’s also beautiful.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Secrets of the Mona Lisa; Prey;
“This was impressive programme-making. Each piece of the jigsaw got just the right emphasis.”
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CriticsTV Critics: That's So Last Century; Meet the Psychopaths; Capital; Tripped
“I am no fan of celebrity clip shows, but having this lot show these gadgets to their children was fun.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Las Vegas with Trevor McDonald; London Spy; Hunting the Paedophiles
“It was all done so meekly that it felt rather inconsequential.”
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CriticsTV Critics: World’s Weirdest Homes; A Very Murray Christmas; Doctor Who
“Architect Charlie Luxton linked the clips in likeably enthusiastic style, but this felt like a bodge job by cowboy builders.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Pioneers of Popular Entertainment; Detectorists; The Last Kingdom
“The approach taken by this programme was fantastically misguided.”
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CriticsTV Critics: This is Tottenham; Resurrecting Warsaw; Toast of London
“The line between social realism and the poverty safari is ever more blurred.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Kirstie's Handmade Christmas; Catastrophe; Power to the People
“Watching the first episode of her “three-part spectacular”, I have never been more thankful to be escaping Britain during the great Christmas rigmarole”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Murder Detectives; Storyville: FBI Undercover; London Spy
“Gripping, moving, original television.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Guy Martin; Doctor Who; The Hunt
“A little less lowering, greasing, testing, and a trim to an hour would have made a better, tighter doc.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The World’s Most Expensive Food; The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds; First Dates
“When food banks are growing faster than real banks, the idea of people celebrating their own pigginess is deeply unpleasant, and it does make for a difficult watch.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Suspects; Peep Show; The Apprentice
“The impro acting is sometimes no better than a drama school exercise.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Capital; Emergency! Trains v Weather; The Truth about Child Sex Abuse
“A pleasing adaptation that brings life to lovable characters, with strong performances from the ensemble cast.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Tomorrow's Food, Dispatches; London Spy
“It’s crisp, well-formed, the right shape and colour, and ticks all the quality control boxes, but it feels like quite a long hour.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Bridge; Doctor Who; Arena: Night and Day
“Everything about this slick production was excellent.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Doctor in the House; The Secret Life Of Five Year Olds; Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK
“There was something distasteful in the way this far from stupid family was guilt-tripped into taking responsibility for their health.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Toast of London; Josh; Peep Show
“It actually makes people laugh out loud – which is more than can be said for a lot of recently made British ‘comedies’”
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CriticsTV Critics: Footballers, Sex, Money: What's Gone Wrong?; River; Doctor in Your House
“We learnt little more than we already knew about the ‘great game’.”