TV critics – Page 37
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CriticsPistol; Drawers Off; Flight MH370: The Vanishing
“Pistol is so lacking in anarchic spirit that it may as well be a Coldplay biopic”
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CriticsThe Unseen Queen; Two Daughters; Pistol
“This was so sweet and relatable it would have probably enchanted Oliver Cromwell”
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CriticsBig Boys; The Flight Attendant; Who Do You Think You Are?
“One of the most funny, tender, profound sad-happy comedies I’ve seen this year”
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CriticsGeorge Clarke’s Flipping Fast; Grayson’s Art Club; The Hermit of Treig
“A misjudged and sometimes maddening attempt at entertainment programming”
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CriticsLucy Worsley Investigates; State of the Union; Bake Off: The Professionals; Gentleman Jack Changed My Life
“Fans of Prof Lucy who hoped to see her dressed up in a pointed hat with a broomstick were disappointed. This documentary was a more sombre affair”
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CriticsSilent Witness; Troy Deeney: Where’s My History?; Prehistoric Planet
“It was mildly thrilling and a little weird to see Amanda Burton back, whiter of hair but still as classy”
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CriticsPrehistoric Planet; Stranger Things; Britain’s Strictest Headmistress; Hunted
“A stunning feat of CGI. Channel your inner six-year-old and enjoy”
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CriticsGordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars; Night Sky; Embarrassing Bodies; Eat Well for Less?
“I’m no fan of Ramsay’s TV shows, but I think Food Stars was one of his better efforts”
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CriticsThe Time Traveler’s Wife; Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood; The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show
“Delivers chills and spills while also saying something profound about human existence and the eternal shadows cast by trauma and heartache”
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CriticsConversations with Friends; Let’s Make a Love Scene; Tokyo Vice
“This carries an addictive pull for those happy to hop aboard”
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CriticsThe Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking; The Essex Serpent
“The BBC might have lost the Bake Off to Channel 4 but this wholesome one-off was some calorific consolation”
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CriticsDNA Family Secrets; Madeleine McCann: The Case Against Christian B; Our Father
“DNA Family Secrets is wonderfully moving television”
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CriticsWill Young: Losing My Twin Rupert; Hullraisers; Britain’s Top Takeaways
“A rare beast: a celebrity documentary that has an articulate subject, an affecting story and a sense of mission”
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CriticsFergal Keane: Living with PTSD; Mother Teresa: For the Love of God?; Conversations with Friends; The Split
“This was a valuable programme, examining a type of trauma that is not discussed in public often enough”
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CriticsThe Staircase; Paul Merson: A Walk Through My Life; Tehran; The Pentaverate; DI Ray
“All in all, a staircase well worth climbing”
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CriticsKicking Off: The Rise and Fall of the Super League; The Dry
“I could have listened to this quite happily, but watching it was exhausting”
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CriticsThe Man With a Penis on His Arm; Jay Blades: No Place Like Home; Life After Life
“This was a smart, affecting study of masculinity”