All Critics articles – Page 57
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CriticsEscape to the Farm with Kate Humble
“This was the televisual equivalent of kicking off one’s muddy wellingtons and slipping into a warm bath.”
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CriticsDrama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
“An excellent, nostalgia-stoking reflection on a golden age of drama”
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CriticsThe Bridge
“Channel 4’s new reality series resembled a damp, faintly exploitative and rather depressing real-life Lord of the Flies experiment”
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CriticsUrban Myths: Les Dawson’s Parisian Adventure
“Mark Addy nailed the older Les Dawson in voice and demeanour in the best Urban Myths I have seen so far”
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CriticsAlison Hammond: Back to School
“It had the air of educational programming but was no less absorbing for it. The inimitable Hammond made for an engaging guide.”
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CriticsAdult Material
“It was a difficult watch, but Adult Material felt like a truly original drama – and a clear-eyed look at the UK porn industry”
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CriticsBrave New World
“The new, nine-part adaptation settles for being a silly, if action-packed and excellently-acted, chunk of escapism”
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CriticsEmily in Paris
“Sure, it’s nonsense, but who will be sitting down to this expecting La Haine?”
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CriticsThe Grand Party Hotel
“This docusoap about Liverpool’s Shankly Hotel was enough to induce a migraine and a morbid fear of organised fun”
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CriticsGrayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip
“This was more than just another celebrity travelogue”
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CriticsThe Great British Bake Off
“This was a reliably wonderful return: with the news that we might be inside for a long while yet, it is a joy to have this show back for an hour each week.”
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CriticsThe Real ‘Des’: The Story of Dennis Nilsen
“I reckon that the droning narcissist would have hated this film, which is gratifying. For here we learnt what a truly crushing bore he was”
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CriticsLost at Sea: My Dad’s Last Journey
“This moving, intense film wasn’t really about rowing at all.”