All Critics articles – Page 39
-
CriticsThe Walk-In; The Big Blow Out
“This gritty, disturbing drama manages to squeeze pathos out of one of the most troubling stories in recent British history”
-
CriticsStanley Tucci: Searching for Italy; Everyone Can Rap; 1978; Dal y Mellt
“Defined by Tucci’s natural charm and laid-back enjoyment of all he experiences, it makes for particularly soothing Sunday night viewing”
-
CriticsDNA Journey; Nine Perfect Strangers; Jungle
“Unexpectedly moving and ultimately rather inspirational”
-
CriticsThe Old Man; This England; I Hate You
“ The Old Man is solid and polished, with a rather muted, almost numbed atmosphere”
-
CriticsMake Me Prime Minster; Industry; Eat The Rich: The Gamestop Saga
“It actually manages to make the political process look like God’s work”
-
CriticsInside Man; Stuck; Industry
“Typical Moffat fare. Rollickingly confident, meaty, funny, clever”
-
CriticsKaren Pirie; Am I Being Unreasonable?; Bloodlands; Strictly Come Dancing
“It’s meaty, well-paced and surefooted”
-
CriticsLife After Deaf; My Grandparents’ War; Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
“The programme becomes a study not just of a family’s dynamic but of wider cultural attitudes”
-
CriticsThe Jeffrey Dahmer Story; Britain’s Best Woodworker; The Repair Shop
“If Monster has a saving grace it is Evan Peters in the title role”
-
CriticsCrossfire; Andor; Cunk on Earth; Michael Palin: Into Iraq
“It’s an odd and awkward thriller, an action adventure bolted on to a domestic civil war”
-
CriticsBloodlands; Sisterhood; Mastermind, House of the Dragon
”It is unrelentingly dour with few likeable characters”
-
CriticsAll Creatures Great and Small; My Grandparents’ War; Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick
“What better time to have a nostalgic throwback to a simpler age of decency and integrity and a host of lovely animals in the Yorkshire Dales”
-
CriticsMinx; Shetland; Changing Rooms; Sins of our Mother
“It trips along lightly, with plenty of fun deriving from the odd-couple chemistry between the two leads”
-
CriticsThe Great British Bake Off; Storyville: Gorbachev. Heaven; Heartbreak High
“A depiction of a diverse Britain healing itself through the medium of cake”
-
CriticsThe Capture; The Anthrax Attacks; The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
“The message as outlined was eerily apt in an era of fake news and corrupted imagery”
-
CriticsFrozen Planet II; Munich Games; House of the Dragon; Stolen; Simon Reeve’s South America
“You cannot stay unengaged, you cannot remain unmoved by the sight of nature in all her glory”
-
CriticsDoc Martin; Arena: James Joyce’s Ulysses; Wedding Season
“It is comforting, gently funny and always entertaining”
-
CriticsFirst Dates Hotel; Days That Shook the BBC; Fake or Fortune?; Get Smart With Money
“This dating show has something many of its rivals lack: its heart is in the right place”
-
CriticsEastEnders; Ladhood; The Boys from Brazil
“It was Life On Mars meets kitchen-sink drama, sensitively weaving together past and present”
-
CriticsHow to With John Wilson; Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins
“It is highly original and unusual, and when it finds its sweet spot, it is an empathic and lovely celebration of the characters and eccentricities that make life interesting”