All Critics articles – Page 39
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CriticsGhosts US; The Ghost of Richard Harris; Why Ships Sink; Wednesday
“This is what snobby British viewers assume all US comedy remakes will be: the original with the kooky rough edges – the best bits – sanded off”
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CriticsBrian Cox: How the Other Half Live; Oti Mabuse: My South Africa; Three Mothers, Two Babies and a Scandal
“It was an excellent film made even better by Cox’s patent lack of interest in the ostentatious houses he looked around”
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CriticsDIY SOS The Big Build for Children in Need; Grand Designs; Two Doors Down
“Upbeat telly where the celebratory ending, if expected, was entirely deserved”
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CriticsThe Great British Bake Off; Louis Theroux Interviews …
“The stale franchise needs to get back to its core values of cake and kindness”
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CriticsTulsa King; Hong Kong’s Fight for Freedom; Imagine… Douglas Stuart
“While it may be a Stallone vehicle, it also proves that the 76-year-old movie star is roadworthy in a TV series format”
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CriticsYoung, Black and Right-Wing; Hurst; The People’s Piazza
“It was fibrous, challenging stuff, putting some right-wing voices front and centre on Channel 4 of all places”
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CriticsThe English; Mammals
“It is a bold, brutal Western with moments of beauty and ugliness to put it in the top ranks of this year’s television dramas”
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CriticsTwo Doors Down; Fifa Uncovered; The Crown
“The charm of this sitcom is the way it takes the smallest variation on a theme and makes something unique from it”
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CriticsSave Our Squad; Alexander Armstrong in South Korea; Miriam and Alan; Mariupol: The People’s Story
“There really is nothing like a sporting underdog story to lift the spirits and this one has drama in spades”
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CriticsMade in the 80s; Royal Mob; Save Our Squad With David Beckham
“This engrossing documentary, the last of three, found a new way of looking at the 1980s”
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CriticsDangerous Liaisons; SAS: Rogue Heroes; Black Sands
“Park your brain at the door and enjoy the ride”
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CriticsHow to Survive a Dictator; Blockbuster; Lost Worlds; The Russell Howard Hour
“How to Survive a Dictator with Munya Chawawa not only worked, it worked very well”
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CriticsFirst Contact: An Alien Encounter; The Horne Section TV Show
“Popular science is a difficult nut to crack, but this did the job admirably”
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CriticsJimmy Akingbola: Handle With Care; Louis Theroux Interviews
“A story with love at its centre, beautifully told, although at times it was tough to watch”
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CriticsItalia 90; Jamie’s £1 Wonders; Imagine; The Travelling Auctioneer
“Refreshingly, the film eschewed tabloid sensationalism to take hooliganism seriously as a subculture”
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CriticsSAS: Rogue Heroes; The White Lotus
“The programme was uproarious, a punchy, bucking colt of a true Second World War story that grabbed the viewer by the lapels from the outset”
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CriticsThe Love Box in Your Living Room; Lost Worlds with Ben Fogle
“Patting yourself on the back looks better when you send yourself up”
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CriticsKids’ TV: The Surprising Story; The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit; Doc Martin
“The presenter Konnie Huq’s argument that kids’ TV has often left grown-up society playing catch-up was cogently made”
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CriticsLouis Theroux interviews; Jimmy Carr Destroys Art; The White Lotus
“Theroux is at his best away from the interview couch, free to explore the crazy world of celebrity on his own idiosyncratic terms”
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CriticsThe Pact; Made in the 80s: The Decade that Shaped Our World
“Cosy enough to snuggle down with as the nights draw in, but not so formulaic that you might drift off on the sofa, it proved eminently absorbing”