TV critics
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CriticsCritics: Worst Neighbor Ever
“This is filler television, doing nothing more than reminding us that bad people exist and that they can cross our paths at any time”
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CriticsAces of Tennis; Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator
“At times this series feels like an ATP corporate video but it cannot help being fascinating”
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CriticsRik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard; The Bear
“It did an excellent job — albeit for only two hours — of bringing him alive”
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CriticsThe American Experiment; Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness
“It feels like the televisual equivalent of consuming a kale smoothie on a wellness retreat”
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CriticsI Kissed a Girl; Light in the Hall: Still Waters
“It is a four-star series but – and I’m breaking the fourth wall here – it feels important enough for a five-star rating”
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CriticsThe Bureau; House of the Dragon
“It’s one of those dramas with a sleek, business-class feel that you can sink into if you’re prepared to make the effort”
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CriticsJon Snow: A Last Big Story
“If this is Snow’s swan song, it is as fine a one as he could wish”
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CriticsSugar; Queen James
“There is surely no other actor alive better suited to grainy voice-overs delivered as he cruises around sun-bleached LA in a 1966 Corvette Stingray”
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CriticsInvasion of the Parakeets; House of the Dragon
“It is nicely done. And none of it is about football. For which, as ever, many thanks”
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CriticsThe Alien Autopsy Scandal; Proud
“It’s neither peddling conspiracy nor a takedown but instead is a wry, delightedly curious exploration of a saga that is worthy of an Ealing comedy”
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CriticsThe Rest is Football; The Evil Lawyer
“Football isn’t about individuals — it’s a team sport and this unit does generally work effectively”
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CriticsGareth Southgate: Changing the Game for Young Men; Brexit: A Very British Civil War
“It’s certainly well-meant, but its limitations are frustrating”
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CriticsAlice and Steve
“I’ll be honest with you – committed pessimist that I am, pseudo-incest was still not a square on my 2026 bingo card”
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CriticsThe Witness
“This programme deals in difficult truths; how toxic our media can be is one of them”
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CriticsThe Fortune; The Vardys
“To lose an actor of Lawson’s quality in the first five minutes is a blow, but The Fortune has an exceptional cast”