TV critics – Page 12
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CriticsThe Fall: Skydive Murder Plot; Presumed Innocent
“In stretching beyond its genre’s reliance on titillating gore, this was more brave – and disarming – than other programmes in the true crime stable”
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CriticsLong Lost Family: Born Without Trace; Bake Off: The Professionals; Cursed Histories
“In less sensitive hands it could easily have been one long misery fest, but the message was ultimately uplifting”
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CriticsOn Thin Ice: Putin v Greenpeace; The Piano
“A tale that is jaw-dropping enough to ensure nobody will forget what the Arctic 30 did or why they did it”
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CriticsNick Knowles in South America; Alaska Daily; The Acolyte
“This is one of those travelogues that is more about the host than the country”
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CriticsQueenie; The Acolyte
“Queenie is that rare thing: an adaptation that’s sure to be as beloved as the book that inspired it”
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CriticsLost Boys & Fairies; Football Cops
“Don’t let the whimsical title of the series fool you: this is meaty, experimental and deeply moving television”
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CriticsD-Day: The Unheard Tapes
“One of the best pieces of public service broadcasting I’ve seen in years”
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CriticsThe Outlaws; We Are Lady Parts
“Stephen Merchant’s Bristolian comic thriller is both outrageously funny and craftily plotted”
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CriticsEric; The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan; Race Across the World
“It’s inventive, assured and far less weird than you expect”
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CriticsMy Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom; Into The Amazon With Robson Green; Camden
“Confronting, funny and raw, O’Sullivan’s documentary – and resulting sitcom – was a twisted triumph”
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CriticsThe Sympathizer; D-Day 80: We Were There; Kill Zone: Inside Gaza; The Accidental Prime Minister
“Its storytelling and visual audacity are a searing endorsement of just how thrilling television can be when risks are taken”
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CriticsThe Beach Boys
“It cannot – and does not – offer much in the way of fresh, or penetrating, insight into the band so much as tell a familiar story with authority and clarity”
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CriticsBuying London; The Great British Sewing Bee
“Superficially fun, but ultimately soulless and artificial”
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CriticsImposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead;Cold Case Investigations
“This ugly tale is a documentary-maker’s dream”
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CriticsDoctor Who; Rebus; Insomnia
“Boom is a nerve-shredding thriller as good as anything Steven Moffat’s written before”
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CriticsRebus; The Big Cigar
“This is a strong start to what could turn out to be a successful franchise operation”
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CriticsBridgerton
“As we dive into season three, the show’s delights are still blindingly obvious, its flaws possible to overlook”
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CriticsBetter Off Dead?; The Gathering
“For a documentary about the right to die, this is an unflinching account of the urge to live”