TV critics – Page 6
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CriticsThe Vanishings
“Rather than trying to do justice to the real victims, this story spools off into noirish nonsense”
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CriticsAmandaland; Apple Cider Vinegar
“Lucy Punch and Joanna Lumley provide more laughs per scene than other BBC comedies do per year”
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CriticsCelebrity Bear Hunt; Mussolini: Son of the Century
“I haven’t had this much fun watching a reality TV competition since the earliest days of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me out of Here!”
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CriticsGo Back to Where You Came From
“This is a very complex subject but, based on episode one, it is being treated with all the sophistication of a custard pie to the face”
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CriticsMiss Austen; Boyzone: No Matter What
“Everything about Miss Austen is masterly, from the individual performances to the interweaving of narrative strands past and present”
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CriticsThe Apprentice; An Update on Our Family
“This episode never quite reaches the depths of sheer awfulness”
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CriticsBrian and Maggie; Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
“An absorbing study of politics, class and conflicted loyalties”
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CriticsVicky Pattison: My Deepfake Sex Tape; Great British Menu
“An important, well-made documentary”
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CriticsParadise; The Last Musician of Auschwitz
“Paradise isn’t your average political thriller – it’s a more ambitious, conceptual series that is unafraid to take big swings, most of which pay off”
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CriticsThe Castaways; Guy Martin: Proper Jobs; The Traitors
“This is a gripping if lightly implausible drama, with a calibre of acting talent that belies the low production values and hokey effects”
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CriticsHigh Potential
“It has the studio-bound look of a classic U.S. sitcom and the pacing to match”
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CriticsThe Night Agent; High Potential; Simon Schama’s Story of Us; Grantchester
“The story is spoon-fed to you in between gun fights, at such a speed that you forgive any plot holes”
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CriticsThe Fear Clinic: Face Your Phobia; Prime Target
“The series will be fascinating viewing for any viewer with a phobia”
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CriticsPompeii: The New Dig; Katie Price: Making Babies
“The wonders of Pompeii and the passion of the archaeologists were on full display”
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CriticsSeverance; Molly-Mae: Behind It All
“It is mesmerising, gorgeous, heartbreaking and triumphant”
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CriticsMarilyn Manson: Unmasked; An t-Eilean
“A gruesome insight into music fandom and the undeniable appeal of Manson’s gimmicky goth play on lonely young people”
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CriticsMarilyn Manson: Unmasked; From; Bump; Playing Nice; 24 Hours In Police Custody
“Maybe after this documentary, the next time a rock star tells us they’re a monster, we’ll believe them”
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CriticsThe Good Ship Murder; Call the Midwife, The Dry
“The first instalment of the second series pushes the boat out, with enough arch am-dram intrigue to have me guffawing throughout”