All Critics articles – Page 161
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CommentTV Critics: Great Houses; Louie; The Following
“Fellowes inadvertently digs a hole for his fictional creation - because this is so much more exciting.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Great Comic Relief Bake-Off; Wild Things; Jaguars Born Free; Catfish; Lewis
“A Great British Bake-Off without Sue Perkins is like an Eccles cake without currants.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Call The Midwife; Borgen; Blandings; Ethel
“It’s all very nicely shot, but there’s both a dreary worthiness and a quaintness to it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald; Married in Britain; Way To Go
“It seemed weird, unnatural to see men saying they deserved to have their lives ended.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Funny Business; Growing Up Poor; Saving Face; Spies of Warsaw
“The film presented a bleak vision of the industrialisation of comedy.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Utopia; Sarah Millican; Yes Prime Minister; Locomotion
“Fresher, weirder and confident enough in its chilliness to flaunt a pronounced sense of humour”. Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: My Mad Fat Diary; Girls; Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here; Storyville
“It’s lovely – honest and painful, real and very funny.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Blandings; World Without End; Great Night Out; Britain’s Brightest
“It is hard to critique Blandings, so faithfully does it capture the mood and much of the dialogue of the Master.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The New Normal; Silent Witness; Carved With Love; Trouble Abroad
“It was in a tremendous rush to set out its stall, with lots of explanation and not much characterisation.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Undateables; Death in Paradise; All You Can Eat
“It is near impossible to assess whether it is voyeuristic or a social breakthrough.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Baby Makers; Polar Bear Family and Me; Truth About Magaluf; Lewis
“As a gynaecologist, he’s like a mechanic in a Mercedes garage.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Mr Selfridge; Borgen; Tankies; Speed Dreams
“It is television about grown-ups, for grown-ups.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Millionaire Boy Racers; Trouble Abroad
“The millionaire boy racers were noisy, ridiculous and antisocial, but they seemed to be pissing off all the right people.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Africa; Secrets of a Good Marriage with Sharon Horgan
“An amazing spectacle and an amazing piece of filming.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Numb; …Sings Disney Songs; Alan Carr; Climb Every Mountain; Jools Annual Hootenanny; Bear Gylls
“His morose, loser schtick was a welcome antidote to all the relentless cheeriness and ersatz sentiment everywhere else.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Queen Victoria's Children; Miranda; Fifties British War Films
“An interesting film, but spiteful and speculative.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: History of the Pantomime Dame; Young Apprentice; Little Crackers
“Grade’s still childish delight in discovering more about the artform made me wish it was a requirement of any documentary presenter to be so devoted to his subject.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Christmas No 1 Story; Snow Babies; The Town; Kirstie's Vintage Christmas; Last Tango in Halifax
“The well-chosen contributors elevated this documentary above the mere nostalgia trip.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Wartime Farm Christmas; A Beauty Is Born; The Great British Bake Off Christmas Masterclass
“Despite the sometimes cheesy ‘dress-up’ side to this series, there were some truly fascinating glimpses of social history.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Bad Santas; Fabulous Baker Brothers; Inside Claridge's
“Not sure what we’ve done to deserve stuff like this, but I think we must have been very naughty.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.