All Critics articles – Page 119
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CriticsTV Critics: New York: America’s Busiest City; All Together Now; Home from Home
“This would have been great, if the subject matter had not been so stultifyingly dull.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Joe Wicks; Victoria; Are You Being Served?; Porridge
“Wicks shows that the yabbery confidence required for social-media branding can fluently be transferred to television.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Circuit; Horizon; Class of '92; CCTV: Neighbourhood Watching
“The writing was witheringly acute and the cast a dream.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Watchman; Chronicles of Nadiya; The Great British Bake Off
“Stephen Graham has more talent, presence and charisma in the beard he grew for The Watchman than your Tom Cruises and Colin Firths have in their entire CVs.”
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CriticsTV Critics: One of Us; Inside the Factory; Rookies
“Gripping stuff that had me hooked from the very start”
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CriticsTV Critics: Ripper Street; Britain’s Hardest Workers; 500 Questions; Four Rooms
“Ripper is the real thing, a gripping story, thoughtfully told.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Fleabag; There’s Something About Rom-Coms
“A Miranda for women with much to lose, but not their chains.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Secrets of a Police Marksman; The 80s; Celeb Trolls
“It was deeply contentious stuff, but handled carefully and fairly.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Skies Above Britain; Great Canal Journeys; People Just Do Nothing
“A quite thrilling essay on the wonders and practical dangers of taking to the air.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Heroes of Helmand; Phil Spencer’s Stately Homes
“An hour of confusing and heartbreaking tragedy which had little clear point.”
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CriticsTV Critics: My Sheepdog & Me; No Man Left Behind; Alphabetical
“It had all you could ask of a soft-centred show about rural life.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Get Down; Dragons’ Den; Monkeys Make You Laugh Out Loud; Robot Wars
“As a love letter to New York in the 70s it is heartfelt, touching, genuine. BUT… what a mess..”
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CriticsTV Critics: The 80s; The Supervet; Full Steam Ahead
“This was a hugely entertaining way to get your thoughts provoked.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Three Day Nanny; Versailles; Man Down
“This show can offer useful tips…but only if it’s being honest with us.”
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CriticsTV Critics: An Hour to Save Your Life; First Dates; Wasted
“Contained a jolt of delayed-action inspiration”
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CriticsTV Critics: Brexit; Brief Encounters; Mascara Boys; Naked Attraction; Eden
“It was impossible not to get sucked into the insider titbits.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Van Gogh’s Ear; Flying to the Ends of the Earth
“Neither dismantled the myth nor really solved any mysteries”
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CriticsTV Critics: The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook; Mo Farah: Race of His Life
“It’s not worthy, furrowed-browed analysis. It’s bold, cheerful, there is knitwear and jokes”
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CriticsTV Critics: Suspects; Granny’s Guide to the Modern World; Gogglebox: Brexit
“Semi-improvised style resembles a hard weekend at film school”
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CriticsTV Critics: Borderline; Inside The Factory; Child Genius
“It felt like a comedy that had chosen its moment well”