All Critics articles – Page 77
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CriticsOur Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure
“We love to see a presenter whose passion spills over into the documentary, and Vicky McClure was the perfect choice.”
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CriticsForensics: The Real CSI
”Those with a genuine interest in the science of forensics will be fascinated by this documentary.”
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CriticsBake Off: The Professionals
“A smaller, colder moon orbiting the warm Jupiter giant that is the GBBO mother show.”
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CriticsJill Dando: The 20 Year Mystery
“Grimly fascinating, deeply tragic and I suspect that in another 20 years’ time Dando’s suffering family will still be none the wiser”
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CriticsHard to Please OAPs
“It would be easier to chuckle along if the whimsy didn’t feel manufactured to the point of being patronising.”
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CriticsBack to Life
“Well written and multi-layered, managing to be sweet, tragic and a little bit sick”
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CriticsThe Great British School Swap
“This formulaic film was well-intentioned but lacked genuine insight or emotional heft”
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CriticsNaked Beach
“Only an irredeemable cynic could suppose it was just another format devised to feed the obsessive appetite of Channel 4 execs for boobs and bums”
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CriticsUrban Myths
“An unusually poignant episode for a series which often favours out-and-out silliness”
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CriticsThe Victim; The Widow
“Thanks to the ingenuity of the script, and the quality of the performances, the more questions this drama asked, the more it drew us in”
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CriticsThe Durrells
“It manages to yoke yearning romance to capering slapstick while folding in big thoughts about fascism and even female emancipation”
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CriticsOur Planet
“It stands comparison with any of the BBC’s landmark productions, and in some ways surpasses them.”
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