All Critics articles – Page 60
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CriticsThere She Goes
“Given that there is nothing “funny” about having a severely disabled child, it is striking how often it manages to be exactly that”
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CriticsImagine: This House is Full of Music
“The music was gorgeous. The family were delightful - engaging, thoughtful and as far from being showbiz brats as it’s possible to be”
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CriticsThere She Goes
“You never feel the series is in danger of slipping into the gruesome territory of mawkish sentimentality”
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CriticsMrs America
”Mrs America doesn’t offer anything quite as cosy and reassuring as right and wrong”
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CriticsThe Battle of Britain: 3 Days that Saved the Nation
“It’s some wonder that the stories here were so fresh and unfamiliar”
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CriticsThe Secrets She Keeps
“If it’s nuance and subtlety you are after, then this is probably not your stop”
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CriticsSupervet Revisited: Puppy Special
“A hilariously cheap way to liven up a repeat, but it worked rather well”
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CriticsThe Hidden Wilds of the Motorway
“As natural-history programmes proliferate across TV, there is room for such imaginative explorations”
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CriticsItaly’s Frontline: A Doctor’s Diary
“Director Sasha Joelle Achilli’s genius was for capturing the quotidian human struggle for dignity against the odds.”
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CriticsThe Luminaries
“If you’ve made it to episode three, I guess you’ve put all questions aside and decided to enjoy it”
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CriticsThe School That Tried to End Racism
‘It was interesting to see what an effect segregating them by skin colour had’
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CriticsScandalous! The Tabloid That Changed America, BBC4
‘Being reminded of its heyday made for enthralling and titillating viewing’
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CriticsAlan Bennett’s Talking Heads
‘There have been objections to the monologues being remade, but they are hard to give much credence to’
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CriticsPerry Mason
”Has as much in common with the original as Christopher Nolan’s Batman does with Adam West’s”
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CriticsThe Luminaries
‘It promises to be as addictive as it was in its original form. What is the televisual equivalent of a page-turner?’
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CriticsPage Three: The Naked Truth
“This documentary’s strength was that it let former Page 3 girls do most of the talking”