All Critics articles – Page 155
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TV Critics: Tomorrow’s World; The Sex Clinic; High Art of the Low Countries
“These days, makers of history programmes are burdened by the need to make the past seem modern.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea; Mad Men; 24 Hours in A&E; Coast
“Ms Wood was the perfect host for this journey through the turbulent history of tea leaves.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: The Science of Bubbles; Great British Sewing Bee; Keeping Britain Alive
“Soothing, escapist stuff, full of beautiful shots.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Fit to Rule; Made in Chelsea
“There is enough playfulness and zest to keep our attention for the full hour.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Arne Dahl; The Village; Catchphrase; Countdown to Freetown; Doctor Who; The Voice
“Here was proof that the Swedes can turn out rubbish on a par with our own.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: The Intern; Dogging Tales; Horizon; The High Art of the Low Countries
“A format that takes hopeful innocents and torments them for our entertainment.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Hillsborough; Scott & Bailey; Coast; Hidden Killers Of The Victorian Home
“I could not imagine a finer tribute to the 96 than this. Never mind me, Liverpool will award it five stars.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: The Great British Sewing Bee; Crossing England in a Punt; Keeping Britain Alive
“After a while even the sight of people doing some last-minute ironing ends up somewhere between hypnotic and genuinely exciting.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Jonathan Creek; Game of Thrones; The Men Who Built America; Plebs
“A mélange of highly watchable gobbledegook.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Are You Having a Laugh?; Facing Extinction; Pompeii; Parks and Recreation
“Ann Widdecombe was on thin ice hypocrisy-wise in this blinkered and naive film.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: NHS in a Day; How to Be a Lady; Great British Bake Off; The Mindy Project
“An extraordinarily bold project, about an extraordinary institution.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Boris Johnson; Wodehouse In Exile; Plebs; Broadchurch
“Regardless of what you think of Johnson’s politics or predilections, the man is TV gold.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Our Girl, Foyle's War; Perspectives
“Anyone who genuinely thinks the BBC has a left-wing bias after watching Our Girl belongs in an underground bunker.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Boss; Home Delivery; The Baby Bomb; Horizon; Prisoners’ Wives; Who Killed My Dad?
“It’s all marvellously put together, but there’s something missing.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Youngers; Iraq: Did My Son Die in Vain; We're Having a Baby; A Very British Wedding
“Get on board with the lingo and it’s an amusing enough ride, albeit one to nowhere in particular.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: The Challenger; Paul Hollywood's Bread; Can Eating Insects Save the World?; Broadchurch; James Nesbitt’s Ireland
“This was thoughtful drama at its best.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: The Lady Vanishes; Our Queen; It's Kevin; In the Flesh; Churchill and the Fascist Plot
“Why remake Hitchcock? It is, quite simply, never a good idea. Never.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Prisoners' Wives; Killers Behind Bars; Horizon; Born to Be Different
“It’s popular, mainstream drama at its best.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: The Mimic; A Very British Wedding; Insect Worlds; Food Glorious Food
“An absolute dog’s dinner of an idea, if ever there was one.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: MasterChef; Heading Out; Planet Ant; Bluestone 42; Whale Adventure
“With every new run, its menu offers enough novelty to keep us interested.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.