All Critics articles – Page 159
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CommentTV Critics: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
“David Attenborough on acid.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Churchills; Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder
“Starkey is not a likable man…But you don’t have to like a teacher to learn from them.”
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CommentTV Critics: Bert and Dickie
“If this was art imitating life then life was imitating a rather corny 1950s B-picture.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Bad Boy Olympian; Twenty Twelve; Jon Richardson: A Little Bit OCD
“I kicked myself for not having seen this brilliant, tender, decent-hearted film months ago.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Ruby Wax's Mad Confessions; Absolutely Fabulous
“Wax is good at making mental illness funny without making light of it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV critics: The Hollow Crown; Girl Power: Going for Gold
“These four films have been the best thing about the summer.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment20 July '12
“The film was always warm enough to raise a smile.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment19 July '12
“When it comes to sporting soap opera she’s surely unbeatable.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment18 July '12
“The drama wobbles unsteadily in ways that are entirely to the good.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment17 July '12
“Even if less work is being done, the office is probably nicer.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment16 Jul' 12
“What scant sociological insight there was to be derived from series one has long since evaporated.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment12 Jul '12
THE TOWN THAT NEVER RETIRED, BBC1“The real revelation was Nick and Margaret. Brought out from the wings of The Apprentice, they were a joyous double act, making a virtue of their age with affectionate banter.” Simon Usborne, The Independent“There was something a little perverse about seeing the nice old Prestonians ...
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CommentTV critics: Twenty Twelve; Line of Duty; The Newsroom
“Not hilarious, but good for the soul.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV critics: Double Cross; Bug; Faster, Higher, Stronger
“It was studded with raffish chancers and dashing military men.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV critics: Wallander; The Hollow Crown; Sinbad
“It was tense, it was moody and at least complicated enough.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.
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CommentTV critics: Michael Johnson; Hotel Inspector; Storyville
“It asked a brave and intriguing question and in his new role as presenter, Johnson, you might say, went the distance.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV
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CommentTV Critics: Imagine: Paul Simon’s Graceland; Line of Duty
“It posed difficult questions for defenders of cultural boycott about creative freedom, and for flouters like Simon.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV critics: Blackout; Jamie’s Summer Food Rave Up; 7/7: One Day in London
“For a story with so much incident, it was curiously slow moving.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment29 June '12
“A cheering reminder of the life-changing work doctors can do.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.