TV critics – Page 112
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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.”
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CriticsThe Sikhs of Smethwick; Who Do You Think You Are?; The Big Food Rescue
“This brilliant film told the community’s journey from unwelcomed arrivals to Smethwick stalwarts.”
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CriticsThe Missing; How Quizzing Got Cool; How To Remember Everything
“It’s a fabulous final episode that builds and builds in stomach-clenching tension.”
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CriticsRillington Place; Life on the Psych Ward; Storyville
“Attention to detail is what made Rillington Place television that gripped you by the throat.”
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CriticsMPs: Behind Closed Doors; Tour de Celeb
“A privileged insight into the sterling work done by a largely unregarded profession.”
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CriticsThe Mayflower Pilgrims; Whites v Blacks; Modus
“Not just a good documentary but an insight into America’s first great writer.”
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CriticsWho Do You Think You Are?; Grand Designs; Black Nurses
“Enlightening and uplifting, this was popular history at its finest, not to mention funniest.”
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CriticsKids On The Edge; Black and British; This Time Next Year
“It was impossible not to be profoundly moved by the children of Gloucester House and to hope the help hadn’t come too late.”
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CriticsOne Killer Punch; What Britain Earns; MasterChef: The Professionals
“This was a beautifully told and paced film about masculinity, ownership of one’s actions, and guilt.”