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Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed the World

2021-09-15T08:11:00Z

“Documentaries like this can be have-your-cake-and-eat-it feasts of nostalgia. It is thrilling to remember the rush, but this is also an attempt to reassess the era.”
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Look Away

2021-09-14T08:56:00Z

“An intelligent film that does a fine job of avoiding prurience while describing a world in which terrible things happened”
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Endeavour

2021-09-13T08:50:00Z

“Watching Endeavour is like swaying in a soothing hammock of nostalgia”
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A Killing in Tiger Bay

2021-09-10T09:31:00Z

“A masterly job of unpacking the story”
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Death on the Common: My Mother’s Murder

2021-09-08T09:33:00Z

“Rarely has such a TV documentary featured someone so unwilling to capitulate into self-pity or be defined by the victim card.”
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Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League

2021-09-07T09:00:00Z

“It was a story told with energy and vim, with decent contributions. But I’m not sure there was much here that we didn’t already know”
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Grantchester

2021-09-06T09:04:00Z

“I find it hard to believe that there was ever an Anglican clergyman in those days who looked so buff or so Brando-esque on a motorbike”
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Imagine… Bernardine Evaristo: Never Give Up

2021-09-03T08:33:00Z

“This was largely an upbeat, unpretentious 70 minutes, Evaristo appearing to be refreshingly unaffected for a writer so fêted”
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Lee Mack’s Road to Soccer Aid

2021-09-02T08:52:00Z

“Mack has bags of charm and an everyman quality that made this hour a pleasure to watch”
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9/11: Inside the President’s War Room

2021-09-01T09:11:00Z

“Gives the sensation of being in the room in a way that few documentaries ever have”
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Vigil

2021-08-31T09:28:00Z

“It’s a dense, sharply written, absolute treat of a show about a murky, unseen world that doesn’t want to break the surface and show itself”
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Sixteen: Class of 2021

2021-08-27T09:34:00Z

“Channel 4 discovered long ago that schools are fertile ground for TV producers.”
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Gossip Girl

2021-08-26T08:45:00Z

“It saps its juicy premise of all its fun, is po-faced and didactic rather than enjoyably preposterous”
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Britannia

2021-08-25T08:50:00Z

“Britannia’s sheer sensory overload brings its own bonkers rewards”
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Mastermind

2021-08-24T09:06:00Z

“Clive Myrie executed his debut with quiet, classy efficiency, having the air of a genial headmaster overseeing a spelling test”
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When Ruby Wax Met

2021-08-23T08:55:00Z

“This was a fascinating snapshot of a time before the glossy pre-prepared anecdotes of today’s formulaic talk shows”
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The Chair

2021-08-20T08:58:00Z

“The tone is morosely funny and the story goes down easily in 30-minute servings”
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Changing Rooms

2021-08-19T08:42:00Z

“It’s still good fun, but feels generic. Changing Rooms spawned countless imitators, which means that nothing here seemed fresh”
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Annika

2021-08-18T08:47:00Z

“Annika allows Walker to let loose a warm sense of humour that you feel comes naturally to her”
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Children of 9/11: Our Story

2021-08-17T08:38:00Z

“The honesty and generosity of the young participants made for a wide-ranging portrait of Gen-Z”