TV critics – Page 55
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CriticsThe Banksy Job
“This crowd-funded documentary was like a Guy Ritchie movie without a script.”
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CriticsThe Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown
“The Vicar of Dibley, even on two cylinders, is pure comfort knickers”
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CriticsGary Barlow’s Night at the Museum
“If ever there was a show begging to be watched on Boxing Day after you’d imbibed several sherries and an eggnog chaser, it was this”
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CriticsNew Elizabethans with Andrew Marr
“At times it felt like taking an acid trip in Madame Tussauds”
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CriticsInside Cinema: Guilt-Free Pleasures
“Catherine Bray’s documentary was an entertaining, authoritative quick-fire romp through classic stinkers”
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CriticsThe Dambusters
“If you could surrender to the Snow effect, embrace the military-magazine feel, then the simple retold facts of 617 Squadron were gripping enough”
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CriticsAnton Ferdinand: Football, Racism and Me
“This was a sober, intelligent reflection on a very ugly problem”
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CriticsSmall Axe: Red, White and Blue
“The real Logan must be pleased with the treatment of his story in a script that was neither sensationalist nor clichéd”
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CriticsThe Repair Shop
“I am not sure there is a more lovely show on television than The Repair Shop”
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CriticsThe Great British Bake Off
“A nation needed televisual comfort from its favourite sweet-toothed treat and it duly delivered.”
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CriticsThe Hijacker Who Vanished: The Mystery of DB Cooper
“This wonderfully entertaining Storyville film goes some way towards finding a convincing account of who DB Cooper might have been”
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CriticsSmall Axe: Lovers Rock
“An immersive experience so evocative you could almost smell the smoke and sweat”
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CriticsLockdown 1.0: Following the Science?
“By the end of this, it was possible to feel both better and worse about the state we are in.”
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CriticsThe Good Lord Bird
“It is witty and farcical, a rollicking ride through history that embraces absurdity.”
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CriticsThe Great Plague: Outbreak
“Hardly escapist viewing, but a thoughtful and fascinating watch nonetheless.”
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CriticsStoryville: The Night Notre-Dame Burned
“It had all the tension and drama of an action film.”
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CriticsSmall Axe: Mangrove; Ronnie’s: Ronnie Scott & His World-Famous Jazz Club
“A searing snapshot of an early 70s Britain awash with racism.”
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CriticsSaving Britain’s Pubs With Tom Kerridge
“If you have ever enjoyed a pint in a pub, this is a series you should be watching”
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CriticsSarah Beeny’s New Life In The Country
“If you can bear the discomfort, this is a very different sort of show”