TV critics – Page 165

  • Wonderland - The Real Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
    Comment

    24 Jan '12

    2012-01-24T10:30:00Z

    “It wasn’t about the men, or their machines per se, but about the relationships around them.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Birdsong
    Comment

    23 Jan '12

    2012-01-23T10:05:00Z

    “Perhaps, too many occasions when you feel as if a wreath is being laid in honour of the book.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Putin, Russia and the West
    Comment

    20 Jan '12

    2012-01-20T11:32:00Z

    “Less of an in-depth political documentary and more like CCTV footage from the court of Ivan the Terrible.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Jonathan Meades on France
    Comment

    19 Jan '12

    2012-01-19T10:54:00Z

    “Just as the volume of information was exhaustive and exhausting, so I found myself both stirred and tried by his style.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Horizon: Playing God
    Comment

    18 Jan '12

    2012-01-18T10:52:00Z

    “He said what he saw was amazing but not in that weird, hippy, mystical way that Professor Brian Cox does.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Richard Wilson on Hold
    Comment

    17 Jan '12

    2012-01-17T11:48:00Z

    “We got the message Wilson was making. Had got it in fact long before he had tried to pass it on.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • call_the_midwife
    Comment

    16 Jan '12

    2012-01-16T11:26:00Z

    “Anyone who expected some pleasant but lazily assembled Sunday night cockle-warmer would have been surprised.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • My Daughter the Teenage Nudist
    Comment

    13 Jan '12

    2012-01-13T11:19:00Z

    “The title was by far the most interesting thing about this documentary.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Freddie Flintoff
    Comment

    12 Jan '12

    2012-01-12T11:52:00Z

    “It did suggest that at its highest levels sport is intrinsically damaging.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • the_mystery_of_edwin_drood2
    Comment

    11 Jan '12

    2012-01-11T12:49:00Z

    “It has room for a briskness and understatement that is all too often lacking in television versions.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • coppers
    Comment

    10 Jan '12

    2012-01-10T11:55:00Z

    “When they come knocking at the door they’re generally mistaken for Jehovah’s Witnesses.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • Borgen
    Comment

    9 Jan '12

    2012-01-09T10:57:00Z

    “It’s a fantastically compelling and intricate drama.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • Meet Britain’s Chinese Tiger Mums
    Comment

    6 Jan '12

    2012-01-06T10:18:00Z

    “A lesson in observational documentary – measured, calm, objective.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Public Enemies
    Comment

    5 Jan '12

    2012-01-05T10:07:00Z

    “Credibility is both the subject..and one of its problems.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy
    Comment

    4 Jan '12

    2012-01-04T10:38:00Z

    “It could have been called the sanity of King George.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • ENDEAVOUR
    Comment

    3 Jan '12

    2012-01-03T12:58:00Z

    “I don’t think it inconceivable that we’ll see young Morse again.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE HOARDER
    Comment

    22 Dec '11

    2011-12-22T12:49:00Z

    “Ultimately frustrating, though, for the questions it didn’t ask.”  Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Butlin’s Story
    Comment

    21 Dec '11

    2011-12-21T11:10:00Z

    “My one real criticism of the programme, that’s it’s all very on-message and positive.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
    Comment

    20 Dec '11

    2011-12-20T10:23:00Z

    “There’s only so much mocking a show can do.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Brian Cox
    Comment

    19 Dec '11

    2011-12-19T14:18:00Z

    “Celebrity quantum mechanics.” Read on for verdict on last night’s TV.