All Critics articles – Page 164
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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.
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CommentTV Critics: The Making of a Lady; The Killing; SPOTY; River Cottage; Him & Her
“There’s something of Hunderby about it… Only this doesn’t have the laughs.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Hour; Wrestling's Golden Age; The 15-Stone Babies; Pensioners Behind Bars
“It may not match the best of the crop on the other side of the Atlantic. But it’s ours and it really is awfully decent.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Miniature Britain; Weight Loss Ward; The Town; Rome; The Hour
“As uncomplicated as a Victorian lantern lecture but none the worse for that really.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s show.
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CommentTV Critics: Cuba with Simon Reeve; Last Tango In Halifax; Inside Guinness World Records
“A steady, wordless rebuke to the dream of a centrally planned economy.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Poison Tree; Little Crackers; Inside Claridges
“It has all the ingredients of an intriguing thriller and yet I find myself entirely not intrigued by any of it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Rome's Lost Empire; Westminster Abbey; The Trouble with Aid
“It wasn’t so much a documentary as an adventure in time and space.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Madeley Meets the Squatters; Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club; A Young Doctor’s Notebook
“For most viewers the unintentional Partridgean comedy would have been the best reason for watching.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV,