All Critics articles – Page 41
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CriticsStrike: Troubled Blood; Predators; Big Ben Restored
“It starts brilliantly, but gets better, and there are some surprising and compelling star performances to come”
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CriticsI Am Ruth; A Spy Among Friends
“This was a fine piece of drama that many parents will have watched in miserable recognition”
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CriticsRosie Molloy Gives Up Everything; A Spy Among Friends; Inside Recovery
“Rosie Molloy is a mess, but a damn funny one”
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CriticsHow to Crack the Class Ceiling; The Traitors; Beyond the Yorkshire Farm; Jamie’s Easy Christmas
“This was a damning indictment of class prejudice and a depressing insight into how lamentably little has changed”
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CriticsMy Dead Body
“It was a remarkable piece of television, and Crews has left a remarkable legacy”
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CriticsBranson; George & Tammy
“Whatever your view of Branson, this was an absorbing, if rather reverential, documentary”
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CriticsPlanet Sex; Live at the Moth Club; Murder On The Doorstep
“Far better than the frenetic, toe-curling embarrassment fest for which I had prepared myself”
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CriticsAvenue 5; A Royal Grand Design; The Flatshare
“On the evidence of its first two episodes, season two is leaner and meaner”
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CriticsThe Traitors; Willow
“Such a deliciously devious game that it will eliminate every shred of faith you have in human honesty”
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CriticsTrailblazers; We Are Not Alone; Secrets of Playboy
“It’s a random trio, and I’m not sure any of them qualify as trailblazers as per the programme’s title, but their dynamic works”
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CriticsSimon Schama’s History of Now; I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
“A sober history, elegantly delivered, in which Schama speaks of his own experiences but manages not to make the programme all about him”
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CriticsThe Secret Genius of Modern Life; Brian Cox: How the Other Half Live; The Confession
“Fry’s series is a jolly, cerebral programme that wears the pop science lightly enough to make it entertaining as well as educational”
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CriticsInto Dinosaur Valley; The Ice Cream Wars; Adrian Dunbar: My Ireland
“This 90-minute, one-off documentary was crammed with entertaining anecdotes”
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CriticsTokyo Vice; You Won’t Believe This; Wednesday
“It’s a curious series — thoughtful and vividly detailed, but not without cliché”
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CriticsJews Don’t Count; Our Universe; Ghosts US
“An entertaining and educational polemic that should lead to the conversations Baddiel says aren’t happening, particularly among progressives”
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CriticsGhosts US; The Ghost of Richard Harris; Why Ships Sink; Wednesday
“This is what snobby British viewers assume all US comedy remakes will be: the original with the kooky rough edges – the best bits – sanded off”
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CriticsBrian Cox: How the Other Half Live; Oti Mabuse: My South Africa; Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal
“It was an excellent film made even better by Cox’s patent lack of interest in the ostentatious houses he looked around”
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CriticsDIY SOS The Big Build for Children in Need; Grand Designs; Two Doors Down
“Upbeat telly where the celebratory ending, if expected, was entirely deserved”
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CriticsThe Great British Bake Off; Louis Theroux Interviews …
“The stale franchise needs to get back to its core values of cake and kindness”
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CriticsTulsa King; Hong Kong’s Fight for Freedom; Imagine… Douglas Stuart
“While it may be a Stallone vehicle, it also proves that the 76-year-old movie star is roadworthy in a TV series format”