All Critics articles – Page 203
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Comment18 June ‘09
“Despite Adam Wishart’s courage in tackling a provocative issue, The Price of Life was primarily an opportunity missed.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment17 June ‘09
“It’s the sort of serious, ambitious commissioning that justifies the licence fee. In fact, it’s almost enough to make you forgive them Bonekickers.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment16 June ‘09
“I’m sure it’s fun for them, but it’s not especially interesting or entertaining to watch. I don’t really understand what the point of it is, to be honest.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment15 June ‘09
“It’s issue-led rather than story-led, dramatisation rather than drama. With not much in the way of characters.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment11 June ‘09
“Is it perhaps just a bit too familiar and formulaic?” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment10 June ‘09
“If they want to fill two hours of primetime BBC1 over two consecutive nights there had better be more in it for viewers than a few snatched shots of long-faced primates interspersed with what looked suspiciously like library pics.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment9 June ‘09
“Prodigies, surely, need to be treated with greater sensitivity than this.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment8 June ‘09
“It’s there as an end-of-the-weekend wind-down, the only problem being that it’s never quite tongue-in-cheek or over-the-top enough to make you forgive its shortcomings.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment5 June ‘09
“There were, in truth, some pretty good elements, but they just weren’t explored properly.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment4 June ‘09
“A depressing US series that’s an example of the many dire faux-reality shows that clutter up cable channels to suck in the lazy.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment3 June ‘09
“An in-house training film that somehow made it to prime time.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment2 June ‘09
“A blinding reminder of how truly irrelevant nearly everything else that will be shown on television this week is.”Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment1 June ‘09
“Reggie Perrin is just average, rather than awful.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment29 May ‘09
“A touching and moving portrait.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment28 May ‘09
“Mary Sackville-West’s famous poets series is turning into the best thing TV has yet done with poetry.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment27 May '09
“…wildly enthusiastic programme.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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26 May '09
“We might have seen the future.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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22 May '09
“It’s an excellent but terrifying film.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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21 May '09
“Colossally boring, self-indulgent — and an insulting waste of the licence fee.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.