TV critics – Page 104
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CriticsTaboo; Let it Shine; Endeavour
“The show has atmosphere and a strong story. It might just turn out to be excellent.”
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CriticsUnforgotten; Death in Paradise; Spies
“This is proper, thought-through writing in which character, plot and meaning are all in play.”
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CriticsNo Offence; Italy’s Invisible Cities
“Just the thing for January nights and indeed the rest of the year.”
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CriticsRobson Crusoe; Revolting; The Great Interior Design Challenge
“Robson Green is affable company even when he is failing to catch fish on a desert island.”
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CriticsThe Halcyon, Silent Witness, Great British Railway Journeys, An Island Parish
“On a cold January evening, this was utterly delightful escapist television.”
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CriticsThe World’s Most Expensive Toys; Close to the Enemy; The Cook Who Changed Our Lives
Here was a drama that claimed to be a thriller, but there wasn’t so much as a shiver down the spine in it.
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CriticsQuarry; In Plain Sight; Timeless; Les Dawson Forever
It’s not festive, it’s not fun, but it is very good.
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CriticsInside the Christmas Factory; Looking for Margot; Paul O’Grady’s Favourite Fairy Tales
Really? You’re that excited by that dough mixer or that knitting machine?
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CriticsLast Tango in Halifax; Prince Harry in Africa; Sir Lenny Henry: A Life on Screen
It’s warm and funny, yet with enough edge to prevent it from being disposable fluff.
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CriticsMidsomer Murders; The Apprentice; Strictly Come Dancing
For such a talkative, boastful programme it was a small miracle that Alana and Courtney even made it on, let alone to the final.
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CriticsThe Apprentice; Who Do You Think You Are?; Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream
There was no honour for the last five applicants in reaching the semi-finals, given the calibre of the clowns who have dropped out.
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CriticsTimeless; Six Wives; Big Life Fix
“Timeless is what you’d get in a parallel universe where Americans invented Doctor Who.”
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CriticsI Do At 92; Rillington Place; Muslims Like Us; This Is Us
“Makes you think that maybe old age isn’t going to be all floppy and smell of biscuits and disinfectant.”
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CriticsMuslims Like Us; Time Commanders; David Blaine; When Phillip Met Philip
“Thoughtful, entertaining, occasionally provocative and often heart-warming, Muslims Like Us was far more than an Islamic Big Brother.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Walt Disney; Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency; Planet Earth II
“Afterwards I felt a bit icky and emotionally manipulated. Not unlike the effect of watching a Disney movie.”
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CriticsExtraordinary Weddings; Vienna; The Secret Life of the Zoo; WDYTYA?
“Unlike most wedding telly, this was a programme not about taste, expense or tantrums, but L.O.V.E.”
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CriticsSix Wives with Lucy Worsley; In Plain Sight; Finding My Twin Stranger
The period detail was eerily accurate, but the real magic lay in the performances
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CriticsThis Is Us; Slum Britain; The Coming War On China
“This Is Us is an American comedy-drama high on schmaltz, thematic coincidences, cute dialogue and moments of highly engineered pathos. I enjoyed it.”
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CriticsLawful Killing; Titanic’s Tragic Twin; The Secret Life of Puppies
“I don’t think I’ve seen such a well-made, exhaustively dense investigation fail to come up with answers.”
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CriticsStoryville: Forever Pure; Planet Earth II; Michael McIntyre; My Mother and Other Strangers
“Director Maya Zinshtein couldn’t have picked a better year to go in with her camera.”