All Critics articles – Page 99
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CriticsCall the Midwife
“What we need at this time of year are home truths and heart-warming playlets. Call The Midwife delivers with gusto”
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CriticsMillionaires’ Ex-Wives Club
“This documentary was trying so hard to be serious-minded and not to snigger up its sleeve that it ended by being obsequious”
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CriticsNext of Kin
“A second episode that seemed interested only in piling on as much convoluted conspiracy-thriller cliché as possible”
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CriticsNext of Kin
“A credible, thoughtful and timely thriller that thus far isn’t thumpingly clichéd, but nuanced and complex”
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CriticsHard Sun; Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
“Hard Sun crams more plot into the opening episode than most series manage over their entire run.”
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CriticsDerry Girls; A House Through Time
“The period is recreated with care, and the script is affectionate, foul-mouthed and funny.”
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CriticsGirlfriends; Miriam’s Big American Adventure
“This rollicking menopausal melodrama boasts an all-star cast and a writer at the height of her powers.”
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CriticsInside No. 9; The Real T. Rex with Chris Packham
“While not one of their most chilling or profound efforts, it was certainly among their finest technical achievements. And crucially, very funny.”
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CriticsMcMafia; Sue Perkins and the Chimp Sanctuary
I fear it’s too dense to be the sexy thriller of 2018 that everyone so wants it to be”
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CriticsJoanna & Jennifer: Absolutely Champers
”This documentary didn’t so much tour the celebrated vineyards of Champagne as stagger about with a magnum in its fist”
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CriticsJudi Dench: My Passion for Trees
”Dame Judi does delight quite vividly, with a girlish gasp and extra twinkling”
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CriticsShamed; The League Of Gentlemen
”What could have been a shatteringly timely piece resonating with the zeitgeist was instead a bit of a damp squib”
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CriticsThe League of Gentlemen; Birds of a Feather
”For everyone who was in the club, this revival will be like Christmas, even if that doesn’t sound right, biblically”
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