All Critics articles – Page 3
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CriticsAtomic; Dear Viv
“Sky’s track record with original drama is patchy, with too many shows that don’t quite hit the mark. But this one passes muster”
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CriticsThe Great Art Fraud; What are UFOs?; The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
“Every now and then, factual television throws up a story that takes your breath away, drops your jaw and, while it’s at it, grinds all your gears”
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CriticsThe Jury: Murder Trial; With Love, Meghan; Passage to India: A Yorkshire Vet Special
“Does the jury system double as a Petri dish for truly illuminating reality TV? Absolutely”
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CriticsKing & Conqueror; Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story
“The whole series does feel a bit House of the Dragon. But does it entertain? Yes”
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CriticsThe Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox; Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury
“The series must be commended for its courage as well as the richness of its storytelling”
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CriticsConfessions of a Brain Surgeon; Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
“In an era where television is filled with medical documentaries, Confessions of a Brain Surgeon is unusually compelling fare”
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CriticsMurder Case: The Vanishing Cyclist; Mrs Robinson
“For the most part the film-makers told this tragic story well, despite limited crime visuals but with plenty of breathtaking Highlands scenery”
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CriticsFit for TV; And Just Like That; New Lives in the Wild
“The stories it tells are powerful enough to stick in the memory”
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CriticsVJ Day 80: We Were There
“VJ Day 80 was not just a fascinating and moving documentary, but a profoundly important document of a time rapidly slipping from active memory”
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CriticsLucy Letby: Who to Believe?; Celebs Go Dating
“Lucy Letby: Who to Believe? was an impressive, rigorous attempt to cut through the noise”
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CriticsRidley; Outlander: Blood of My Blood
“It has the right components but it’s as if they need a shot of tequila to wake them up”
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CriticsWednesday; Platonic
“The season opener is wonderfully skittish and dense with jokes and plot”
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CriticsWhat Happened at Hiroshima; King of the Hill; Celebrity SAS
“Strange that such an important matter was shoehorned into a half-hour slot”
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CriticsParenthood
“If the script isn’t always the sharpest, it really doesn’t matter when the visuals are this good”
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CriticsQueen Victoria: Secret Marriage Secret Child; Chief of War; The Gone
“Dr Riddell is extremely invested in this love story and her enthusiasm made for good television”
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CriticsPompeii: Life in the City; 1000 Men and Me
“It was the kind of midweek history programme to be filed under gently interesting”