All Critics articles – Page 81
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CriticsOur Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure
“A beautifully judged documentary, it showed just the right amounts of light and shade and never became overly sentimental.”
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CriticsBrexit: Behind Closed Doors
“The growing sense that we’re watching a car crash in slow motion was only reinforced by this film”
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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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