All Critics articles – Page 51

  • Mare of Easttown
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    Mare of Easttown

    2021-04-20T09:34:00Z

    “A millefeuille of misery, as exquisitely layered and as moreish as the real thing”

  • Call the Midwife
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    Call the Midwife

    2021-04-19T09:05:00Z

    “No other series so skilfully smuggles a quiet radicalism and difficult themes into a pre-watershed package of charm and kindness”

  • Frank of Ireland
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    Frank of Ireland

    2021-04-16T09:03:00Z

    “Brian and Domhnall have clearly been cracking each other up since childhood and their ease in each other’s company was infectious”

  • Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty
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    Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty

    2021-04-15T09:26:00Z

    “A pacy and gripping first episode owed less to Ted Hastings and AC-12 than to shaggy-mopped Seventies favourites such as The Sweeney”

  • All That Glitters
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    All That Glitters

    2021-04-14T09:03:00Z

    “It’ll need a lot of cutting and polishing, but there’s the raw material for a charming series in All That Glitters.”

  • Too Close
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    Too Close

    2021-04-13T09:18:00Z

    “Hit the viewer square between the eyes from its opening scene and did not stop punching until the closing credits”

  • I Can See Your Voice
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    I Can See Your Voice

    2021-04-12T09:07:00Z

    “It’s just a jolly hour of uncomplicated fun”

  • Meet the Richardsons
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    Meet the Richardsons

    2021-04-09T08:46:00Z

    “It makes for a zippy half-hour and I happily cackled away for much of it.”

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    The Day William and Kate Got Married

    2021-04-08T08:58:00Z

    “For a royal documentary, it was surprisingly entertaining”

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    The Michelangelo Code: Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

    2021-04-07T08:42:00Z

    “It was fascinating but the sheer accumulation of conspiracies and religious mysteries in the two-hour documentary became overwhelming”

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    Intruder

    2021-04-06T08:44:00Z

    “Somehow constant comic undertones persist, as inescapable as they are intangible”

  • In Jane Austen's Footprints with Giles Brandreth
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    In Jane Austen’s Footsteps with Giles Brandreth

    2021-04-01T09:08:00Z

    “Austen would surely have been cheered by the boundless enthusiasm Brandreth brought to this big-hearted tribute.”

  • The Syndicate
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    The Syndicate

    2021-03-31T08:58:00Z

    “You know what you’re getting from a Kay Mellor drama, and The Syndicate is the writer/creator at her most Mellor-ish.”

  • Unforgotten
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    Unforgotten

    2021-03-30T08:39:00Z

    “The finale of Unforgotten was an exquisitely crafted punch in the guts.”

  • Keeping Faith
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    Keeping Faith

    2021-03-29T08:53:00Z

    “It is like watching the video for Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart on repeat.”

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    Black Power: A British Story of Resistance

    2021-03-26T10:21:00Z

    “This was a mesmerising, horrifying piece of social history that should be shown in schools”

  • Stacey Dooley
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    This Is My House

    2021-03-25T11:32:00Z

    “It’s a frothy, nonsensical game, and I thoroughly enjoyed it”

  • Kate Garraway: Finding Derek
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    Kate Garraway: Finding Derek

    2021-03-24T09:42:00Z

    “Finding Derek should be compulsory viewing for all mask refuseniks.”

  • Football's Darkest Secret
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    Football’s Darkest Secret

    2021-03-23T09:46:00Z

    “It is a hard, spare and unrelenting three hours that marshals an appalling abundance of material with a compassionate but firm hand”

  • Line of Duty
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    Line of Duty

    2021-03-22T10:34:00Z

    “Fast paced and exciting, this was a triumphant return for Line Of Duty”