All Critics articles – Page 168
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CommentTV Critics: Lilyhammer; Trouble on the Estate; Vikings
“I assumed it was an American production. That is not meant as praise.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Leaving; 999: What's Your Emergency?; Hillsborough; Gordon Ramsay
“Touching, understated and entirely believable.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Thick Of It; The Scapegoat; China On Four Wheels
“There’s no escaping it: this opening episode is – whisper it – disappointing.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Bletchley Circle; Hilary Devey: Women at the Top
“A goodish plot, a strong cast and some unexpectedly stylish touches of 50s period noir.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Mrs Biggs; Dallas
“I found it impossible to warm to the pair.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Accused; Bad Education; A Mother's Son
“An exemplary, morally-taxing, emotionally-devouring series.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: A Mother's Son, The Treasures of Ancient Rome
“It’s very good – tense, absorbing, thrilling.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Doctor Who; Richard Hammond’s Crash Course
“It fizzes along, sparkling with life, warmth and wit.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Good Cop; Only Connect; British Cycling: The Road to Glory
“It’s almost Scandinavian in its bleakness. A new genre perhaps, north-west noir?” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Paralympics opening ceremony
The theme of the night was enlightenment – not simply in the age of science and art, but also in regard to disability and perceptions of it.” Read on for the verdict on the Paralympics opening ceremony.
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CommentTV Critics: Who Do You Think You Are?; Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
“Illuminating, moving and altogether rather wonderful.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Islam: The Untold Story; Accused; GBBO
“The absence of evidence only matters to those for whom evidence is a sort of god.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Hunderby; Citizen Khan; New Tricks
“Accessibly intelligent and beautifully made.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Just Around the Corner; Whatever Happened to Harry Hill?
“Despite a promising scenario, it turned into a bit of a one-show gag.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Revolution Will Be Televised; Secret Interview
“I was squirming, and tied up in knots inside, with tears – of fear and laughter – running down my face.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Queen's Mother in Law; Them From That Thing; Bad Education
“She was clearly a woman of astonishing bravery.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Ian Brady: Endgames of a Psychopath; Our War; Toast of London
“Surely one of the best-researched, most revealing documentaries of the year.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Last Weekend; The X Factor; The Function Room
“Surely the best writing in TV drama since Steven Moffat’s Sherlock.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: The Best of Men; Jennifer Saunders; Russell Brand
“It was the most profoundly boring programme I have ever seen.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: Who Do You Think You Are; The Flowerpot Gang; Death Camp Treblinka
“The problem of putting actors into this format is that they never stop acting.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.