All Critics articles – Page 23
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CriticsQueenie; The Acolyte
“Queenie is that rare thing: an adaptation that’s sure to be as beloved as the book that inspired it”
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CriticsLost Boys & Fairies; Football Cops
“Don’t let the whimsical title of the series fool you: this is meaty, experimental and deeply moving television”
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CriticsD-Day: The Unheard Tapes
“One of the best pieces of public service broadcasting I’ve seen in years”
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CriticsThe Outlaws; We Are Lady Parts
“Stephen Merchant’s Bristolian comic thriller is both outrageously funny and craftily plotted”
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CriticsEric; The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan; Race Across the World
“It’s inventive, assured and far less weird than you expect”
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CriticsMy Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom; Into The Amazon With Robson Green; Camden
“Confronting, funny and raw, O’Sullivan’s documentary – and resulting sitcom – was a twisted triumph”
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CriticsThe Sympathizer; D-Day 80: We Were There; Kill Zone: Inside Gaza; The Accidental Prime Minister
“Its storytelling and visual audacity are a searing endorsement of just how thrilling television can be when risks are taken”
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CriticsThe Beach Boys
“It cannot – and does not – offer much in the way of fresh, or penetrating, insight into the band so much as tell a familiar story with authority and clarity”
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CriticsBuying London; The Great British Sewing Bee
“Superficially fun, but ultimately soulless and artificial”
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CriticsImposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead;Cold Case Investigations
“This ugly tale is a documentary-maker’s dream”
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CriticsDoctor Who; Rebus; Insomnia
“Boom is a nerve-shredding thriller as good as anything Steven Moffat’s written before”
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CriticsRebus; The Big Cigar
“This is a strong start to what could turn out to be a successful franchise operation”
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CriticsBridgerton
“As we dive into season three, the show’s delights are still blindingly obvious, its flaws possible to overlook”
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CriticsBetter Off Dead?; The Gathering
“For a documentary about the right to die, this is an unflinching account of the urge to live”
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CriticsThe Fortune Hotel; The Jennings v Alzheimer’s; Me and the Voice In My Head
“It’s a fiendishly addictive affair that might just be your next reality fix”
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CriticsRob and Rylan’s Grand Tour; Doctor Who
“I was pleasantly surprised by these odd-couple travelling companions”
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CriticsDouble the Money; Bodkin
“The strong whiff of The Apprentice makes this far from a mould-busting innovation in reality formatting. But it is cheerful and quite well cast”
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CriticsInside No. 9; Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game
“Last night’s series nine opener did what Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s dark comedy does best”
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CriticsSalman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly; Dark Matter
“This felt like the last word on the life-changing incident”