All Critics articles – Page 37
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CriticsStacey Dooley: Ready for War?; Obsession
“Dooley’s relatable presenting style was a good fit for the subject”
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CriticsColin from Accounts; Miss Scarlet and the Duke
“It is unfailingly funny, honest, acute and kind”
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CriticsMasterChef; B&B By the Sea; Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter
“MasterChef is solid, reliable fare, even if some of these contestants seemed to overcomplicate perfectly good dishes”
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CriticsThe Good Mothers; A Very British Cult; Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now; Race Across The World
“Cleverly written, beautifully shot and brilliantly acted”
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CriticsRain Dogs; Naked Education; Highland Cops
“It’s a messy, brilliant, sharp drama with buckets of pathos and plenty of laughs to lighten the mood”
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CriticsStrangers on a Plane; Secrets of the Chippendales Murders; Unforgotten
“Essentially, it’s Come Dine with Me with less food, more sun and the same sarky bants from the presenter”
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CriticsSimon Reeve’s Return to Cornwall; Great Expectations; Surviving R Kelly III
“Reeves is an empathetic interviewer and a presenter with his eye on the bigger picture”
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CriticsThe Power; Get On Up; Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie
“Rollicks along and looks fabulous”
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CriticsWellmania; Six Four
“Even if Wellmania doesn’t live up to its own high-concept premise, it is still incredibly watchable”
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CriticsBear Grylls Meets President Zelensky; The Big Door Prize; Murder in Mayfair; DNA Journey
“Last night we finally had a Grylls programme where the danger was genuinely life-or-death”
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CriticsYellowjackets; The Apprentice; Inside Taiwan: Standing Up to China
“Keeps the audience perpetually on its toes, allowing for jump scares, body horror and some wonderfully imaginative twists”
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CriticsRace Across the World; Waco: American Apocalypse; Secret Life Of The Forest
“This year’s cast could be the best ever”
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CriticsSuccession; Anton & Giovanni’s Adventures in Sicily
“It has plenty of surprises, fanged vipers and toast-dropping shocks up its exquisite Tom Ford sleeve”
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CriticsThe Gold: The Inside Story; Imagine: Stephen Frears; 24 Hours in Police Custody
“It revealed the dirtier, nastier truth”
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CriticsChallenge Anneka; Grace; Rise and Fall
“It knows what it’s doing, it rolls up its sleeves and gets on with the job.”
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CriticsNazanin; A Town Called Malice; Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming
“This film will make you furious”
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CriticsChristine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism; The Piano
“If the purpose of a documentary is to throw light on a subject, then this one was exemplary”
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CriticsThe Holy Land and Us; Jerk; As Yet Untitled
“The way The Holy Land and Us balances facts and feelings makes it a rare gift”