TV critics – Page 19
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CriticsSave Our Squad; Alexander Armstrong in South Korea; Miriam and Alan; Mariupol: The People’s Story
“There really is nothing like a sporting underdog story to lift the spirits and this one has drama in spades”
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CriticsMade in the 80s; Royal Mob; Save Our Squad With David Beckham
“This engrossing documentary, the last of three, found a new way of looking at the 1980s”
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CriticsDangerous Liaisons; SAS: Rogue Heroes; Black Sands
“Park your brain at the door and enjoy the ride”
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CriticsHow to Survive a Dictator; Blockbuster; Lost Worlds; The Russell Howard Hour
“How to Survive a Dictator with Munya Chawawa not only worked, it worked very well”
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CriticsFirst Contact: An Alien Encounter; The Horne Section TV Show
“Popular science is a difficult nut to crack, but this did the job admirably”
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CriticsJimmy Akingbola: Handle With Care; Louis Theroux Interviews
“A story with love at its centre, beautifully told, although at times it was tough to watch”
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CriticsItalia 90; Jamie’s £1 Wonders; Imagine; The Travelling Auctioneer
“Refreshingly, the film eschewed tabloid sensationalism to take hooliganism seriously as a subculture”
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CriticsSAS: Rogue Heroes; The White Lotus
“The programme was uproarious, a punchy, bucking colt of a true Second World War story that grabbed the viewer by the lapels from the outset”
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CriticsThe Love Box in Your Living Room; Lost Worlds with Ben Fogle
“Patting yourself on the back looks better when you send yourself up”
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CriticsKids’ TV: The Surprising Story; The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit; Doc Martin
“The presenter Konnie Huq’s argument that kids’ TV has often left grown-up society playing catch-up was cogently made”
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CriticsLouis Theroux interviews; Jimmy Carr Destroys Art; The White Lotus
“Theroux is at his best away from the interview couch, free to explore the crazy world of celebrity on his own idiosyncratic terms”
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CriticsThe Pact; Made in the 80s: The Decade that Shaped Our World
“Cosy enough to snuggle down with as the nights draw in, but not so formulaic that you might drift off on the sofa, it proved eminently absorbing”
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CriticsDoctor Who; House Of The Dragon; Bloodlands
“This feature-length special, titled The Power of the Doctor, was perhaps the best episode of his patchy five-year stint as supremo”
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CriticsGangs of London; The Peripheral; Aldi’s Next Big Thing
“The bloodiest drama ever screened. Some images of evisceration would turn the stomach of Vlad the Impaler”
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CriticsCause of Death; The Elon Musk Show; Gangs of London; Chapelwaite
“A respectful and unsensational series, offering a window into a process that usually takes place behind closed doors”
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CriticsAmol Rajan Interviews Greta Thunberg; Rob Burrow: Living with MND
“Rajan’s friendly but never patronising approach was effective”
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CriticsThe House Across the Street; The Fire Within; Behind the Rage; Untold: Inside the Shein Machine
“The House Across the Street combined sharply observed characters with a genuinely compelling concept”
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CriticsCritics: Somewhere Boy
“Somewhere Boy turned out not only to be beautifully pitched, but also tender, funny and oddly life-affirming”
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CriticsI Hate You; Shantaram; TS Eliot: Into the Waste Land
“I don’t think these two characters are developed enough yet, but they do have huge potential”
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CriticsThe Elon Musk Show; TraumaZone
“The film told Musk’s origin story with verve and insight, even if it fell at the final hurdle of unpicking the essence of its subject”