All Critics articles – Page 137
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CriticsTV Critics: 24 - Live Another Day; Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off; 24 Hours in A&E
“This comeback delivered crash-bang thrills and rug-pulling twists.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Miller's Mountain; Happy Valley; The French Revolution
“Miller’s Mountain was quite literally as funny as a broken leg.”
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CriticsTV Critics: When Corden Met Barlow; The Island With Bear Grylls; Prey
“A sickeningly sugary and sycophantic hour of self-important celebrity toss.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The First Georgians; Heston’s Great British Food
“A well-planned, easily-followed hike over the Hanoverian foothills.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Cardinal Burns; The Birth of Empire
“Even when it descended into an extended fart gag, the oldest of all jokes, it was still funny.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Prey; Rev; Hinterland; Love for Sale With Rupert Everett
“Just keep your seatbelt fastened for all that visual turbulence.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Generation War; Vera;The Crimson Field; Fargo
“It’s bold and brave…especially because it was made in Germany.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Trying Again; A Family Of My Own; Protecting Our Parents; Kevin’s Supersized Salvage
“The script fizzed with wordplay and pop culture references.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Warren United; Drag Queens of London; New Worlds
“Warren United lacks the space…in which real originality can grow.”
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CriticsThe Twitter verdict: Fargo
“The migration of mid range Indy movies to television feels complete.”
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CriticsTV Critics: How To Get A Council House; Mad Men; Ian Hislop's Olden Days; Party House
“He undermined his argument with soundbites from the usual Socialist Worker types”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Big Allotment Challenge; Nightmare Neighbour Next Door; Watermen: A Dirty Business
“What do you expect? It’s about English allotments – it’s going to be parochial.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Restaurant Wars; The Wonder of Bees
“This programme title might have struggled to meet the Trade Descriptions Act.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Amazing Greys; The Guess List; Dirty Weekenders in France; The Crimson Field
“How refreshing to see a programme showing that older people rule.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Digby Jones: The New Troubleshooter; Porn: What's the Harm?; Everyday Eden
“This is quietly confident troubleshooting without all the usual concessions to soapy manipulation.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Under Offer: Estate Agents On The Job; Ian Hislop's Olden Days; W1A
“It’s hard to remember when such a great television find has been so badly wasted.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CriticsTV Critics: The Call Centre; The Battle for Britain's Breakfast; The Great British Sewing Bee
“You couldn’t shake the feeling that you were caught in a feedback loop of shtick.”