All Critics articles – Page 173

  • A Very Dangerous Doctor
    Comment

    13 May '11

    2011-05-13T11:42:00Z

    “Perhaps the real trick was to appreciate all the subtler things this film managed to do.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Wonderland
    Comment

    12 May '11

    2011-05-12T18:01:00Z

    “It was intriguing to see animation paired up with such a heavy subject.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • apprentice.jpg
    Comment

    11 May '11

    2011-05-11T09:37:00Z

    “When someone so entertaining leaves so early, one always worries whether those who remain will be as good value.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Strangeways
    Comment

    10 May '11

    2011-05-10T11:48:00Z

    “As with last year’s Wormwood Scrubs, there’s not much to laugh at here.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Atlantis
    Comment

    9 May '11

    2011-05-09T11:28:00Z

    “It was half-human, half-bull. Atlantis was 10% history and 90% bull.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Shadow Line
    Comment

    6 May '11

    2011-05-06T12:57:00Z

    “It contains some of the most clenched and knowing line readings that I have ever seen on TV.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Two Greedy Italians
    Comment

    5 May '11

    2011-05-05T11:24:00Z

    “It’s not exactly reinventing the omelette, but, it still makes a refreshing change.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Exile
    Comment

    4 May '11

    2011-05-04T12:03:00Z

    “I am all for gloom in drama, but you have to believe in it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Case Sensitive
    Comment

    3 May '11

    2011-05-03T10:57:00Z

    “As excitement and chases go, this is first class stuff.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Prince William and Kate Middleton
    Comment

    28 Apr '11

    2011-04-28T11:46:00Z

    “It was broadbrush stuff but then Starkey has been teaching in Jamie’s Dream School for a while.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Secret Millionaire
    Comment

    27 April '11

    2011-04-27T11:01:00Z

    “By the time each episode finishes, we ache with the glorious sense that a better world is possible.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Derren Brown
    Comment

    26 April '11

    2011-04-26T12:13:00Z

    “It was moderately entertaining, if a bit overlong, but a waste of Brown’s – and Nathan’s – talents.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Essex Jungle
    Comment

    21 April '11

    2011-04-21T11:37:00Z

    “Chris and his reptiles actually live in Strood, which was over the Thames estuary in Kent last time I looked.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • So What If My Baby Is Born Like Me
    Comment

    20 April '11

    2011-04-20T11:13:00Z

    “You don’t get a lot of moral philosophy on BBC3 but that’s essentially what this was.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Reckoning
    Comment

    19 April '11

    2011-04-19T09:49:00Z

    “Behind the brainy plot, however, is a creditable concern with how real people might behave in an unreal situation.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Hotel
    Comment

    18 April '11

    2011-04-18T13:05:00Z

    “The whole thing ended with the kind of comic serendipity that is hard to fake.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Animal Guide to Britain
    Comment

    15 April '11

    2011-04-15T11:23:00Z

    “It does not quite pull it off, and humans stay stubbornly central.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Crimson Petal and the White
    Comment

    14 April '11

    2011-04-14T10:33:00Z

    “It would be daft to point out that this moody, striking show has a dearth of jokes in it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV

  • Britain’s Next Big Thing
    Comment

    13 April '11

    2011-04-13T09:19:00Z

    “For all its pantomime elements, this show is the real deal.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Great Estate: The Rise and Fall of the Council House
    Comment

    12 April '11

    2011-04-12T12:43:00Z

    “Though this film was as a piece of social history, it ultimately left too many bodies buried.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.