All Critics articles – Page 132
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TV Critics: 24 Hours in Police Custody; Horizon: Is Your Brain Male or Female?; Cilla
“This was eyeballs-glued-to-the-screen fascinating.”
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TV Critics: Downton Abbey; Our Girl; Songs of Praise; Transparent
“This episode’s script was buffed to a lustre that would make Carson proud.”
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TV Critics: Marvellous; Your Home in their Hands; Jungle Atlantis
“An hour-and-a-half spent watching that was as good as a week’s holiday.”
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TV Critics: The Men with Many Wives; Crackanory; Long Shadow
“Strip away the religion used to justify polygamy and this was a study in male selfishness.”
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TV Critics: The Driver, Ramsay's Costa del Nightmares, I Married the Waiter, Secret & Lies
“Liverpool’s answer to Travis Bickle is less of a show-off.”
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TV Critics: Plebs; Cat Wars; Glue; Darren Brown: Infamous; The Himalayan Boy and the TV Set
“Some of the finest chicken-hallucination humour I have ever encountered.”
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TV Critics: Downton Abbey; Our Girl; Doctor Who
“One thing is sure: Downton will continue to be adored by millions, as long it offers moments of innocence, extravagance and sheer fun.”
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TV Critics: Scotland in a Day; Don't Drop the Baby; Operation Stonehenge
“It targeted stereotypes very hard to connect with the passionate yet canny people all over British screens for the past month.”
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TV Critics: Oh! You Pretty Things; Ireland’s Lost Babies; The Strain
“With great tunes and unbelievable trousers, this is a marvellous three-part series.”
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TV Critics: The Leftovers; Bad Education; The Motorway
“For a programme whose title sounds like a bad cookery show, there is much to chew on.”
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TV Critics: Cilla; Traders: Millions By the Minute; Glue
“It’s one of those extraordinary performances, like Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam, when an actor does more than play a real character; she becomes her.”
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TV Critics: The Real Noah’s Ark; Doctor Who; Sunday Night at the Palladium; The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
“Just as things were getting really interesting, the programme-makers swerved from historical analysis into a version of Grand Designs.”
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TV Critics: Operation Stonehenge; Who Do You Think You Are?; Penguins on a Plane; Bad Bridesmaid
“When described with the engaging enthusiasm of David Jacques from the University of Buckingham, even a dismally untelegenic pile of rock can capture our interest.”
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TV Critics: Scott & Bailey; All Creatures, Great and Stuffed; Celebrity Squares
“Moderately gripping and watchable in the extreme.”
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TV Critics: The Motorway; Hot Tub Britain
“This was an effective piece of no-frills television.”
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TV Critics: Cops and Robbers; The Secrets; The Rules of Abstraction
“Alex Kiehl’s film was one of those excellent documentaries that raised more questions than it provided answers.”
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TV Critics: Educating the East End; Chasing Shadows; Castles in the Sky
“Educating the East End might yet end up with a set of As”.
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TV Critics: Our Zoo; Horizon
“It wasn’t quite animazing, and it wasn’t quite mid-week, either, but it was almost shamefully watchable”
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TV Critics: Gems TV; Harry at 30; Super Senses
“Gems TV was an entertaining hour, soothingly soundtracked by 1950s easy listening.”
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TV Critics: Jamie's Comfort Food; 21 Up: New Generation; Who’s Doing The Dishes?
“Jamie’s Comfort Food feels like lingering in the comfort zone for this usually innovative chef.”