All Critics articles – Page 12
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CriticsFor Her Sins; My Grandad’s War; The Idol
“The first episode pulsed with menace, thanks to a compelling pace and intriguing characters”
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CriticsSpy in the Ocean; Gods of Tennis
“Despite the best efforts of the jaunty flute department to turn it into kids’ TV, Spy in the Ocean was exhilarating to watch”
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CriticsWho Do You Think You Are?; Strike; The Days
“It was this ancestry show at its most entertaining, and the rest of the series will face a challenge to better it”
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CriticsThe Gallows Pole; Changing Ends; A Paedophile in My Family
‘It is funny, moving, enraging, shocking by turns and always compelling. Not to be missed’
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CriticsWhite House Plumbers; Gender Wars; The Blackouts Of ’74
“Americans may find it depressing – but for everyone else, it is a period hoot begging to be binged”
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CriticsSuccession; 60 Days on the Estates
“Jesse Armstrong’s 90-minute conclusion to his brilliant creation ranks among the greats”
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CriticsStrike: Inside the Unions; Poker Face
“This was an honourable attempt to deliver a more rounded picture of the trade union movement during a period of historic industrial upheaval”
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CriticsFubar; The Great British Sewing Bee; American Born Chinese
“Schwarzenegger’s having a whale of a time and, if you’re a fan of action comedies, so will you”
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CriticsPlatonic; Ben Fogle and the Buried City; Inside Kabul
“It is not quite the platonic ideal of a modern buddy comedy but it’s close”
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CriticsMaryland; Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
“An intriguing watch and a refreshing change”
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CriticsDepp v Heard; Ithaka: The Fight to Free Assange
“While informative and entertaining, Depp vs Heard was, at its most base level, a well-organised series of second-hand clips”
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CriticsRolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight; Open House; Alexander Armstrong In Sri Lanka; Muted
“It was a well-presented anatomy of a narcissist unable to stop himself grabbing, literally, whatever he wanted”
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CriticsMatt Willis: Fighting Addiction; 11 Minutes: America’s Deadliest Mass Shooting; The Family Stallone
“The film was searingly honest”
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CriticsRebekah Vardy; High Desert; Without Sin
“Vardy was a calm, dignified presence throughout a sad hour of troubling claims”
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CriticsSteeltown Murders; The Stones and Brian Jones
“It takes its time but never flags or becomes ponderous, and it takes its responsibilities to the living and to the dead seriously”
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CriticsTen Pound Poms; The Teacher with Tourette’s
“This is not quite the Sunday night period drama that you might expect. It has a bit more bite than that”
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CriticsCrime; Eurovision Second Semi-Final; City On Fire; Inside No. 9
“What lifts it above the ordinary is an incendiary performance from Dougray Scott”
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CriticsMad Women; Queen Cleopatra; Eurovision Semi-Final
“It’s well-made, it’s fun, it’s a fine advertisement for their talents”
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CriticsEurovision Calling; Black Ops
“It’s not likely to enlighten any hardcore fans, but it might convince the previously unpersuaded to have a look”