All Critics articles – Page 106
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TV Critics: Hairy Bikers; Children of the Frontline; Penguin A&E; Sun, Sea and Supersavers
“Three hours of the most effortful, least edifying reality documentary I have seen for a fair while.”
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TV Critics: Upstart Crow; Very British Problems; Life That Glows
“Elton’s new show slipped by as smartly as Blackadder once did and enabled us to forget things he’d written in between.”
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TV Critics: Hollow Crown; Attenborough at 90; Hillsborough
“This is top-notch swordsmanship, cut with great thought and precision to leave no scar. There will probably be complaints from a stuffy old scholar or two. Not from me, though.”
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TV Critics: Grayson Perry: All Man; Peaky Blinders
“Intelligent, not mawkishly sentimental and no pointless background music: this is how factual television should be.”
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TV Critics: HMP Norwich; Horizon; Never Seen A Doctor
“Her Majesty’s Prison: Norwich was a deliberate heartstring-tugger. But interesting stories lurked behind the off-the-peg style.”
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TV Critics: In The Club; Conspiracy Files; Penny Dreadful
“This series has charm by the bucketload, but more inner conflict is needed.”
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TV Critics: Posh Neighbours at War; Veep; Marcella; Paul Merton’s Secret Stations
“Amusing to watch, but it’s also quite frightening how something relatively petty can get so out of hand.”
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TV Critics: Line of Duty; What Would Be Your Miracle?; The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis; The Hairy Bikers
“Extraordinary, intense, butt-clenchingly gripping television.”
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TV Critics: Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome; Normal For Norfolk; Caravanner of the Year; Plebs
“A thoughtful and resolutely British series that, like its predecessors, deserves to draw in viewers by the million.”
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TV Critics: Inside a Billionaire’s Wardrobe; Camping; Flowers; Britain’s Treasure Islands
“The documentary was too even-handed to be truly memorable.”
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TV Critics: Flowers; Game of Thrones; Horizon
“By the end of the hour Flowers had blossomed in to that rare thing on TV: something original.”
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TV Critics: Louis Theroux; Who Was Yehudi?; Hinterland
“It is good to have Louis back here in Britain, and on a subject that feels close to home and relevant.”
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TV Critics: Elizabeth at 90 – A Family Tribute; Natural World: Nature’s Perfect Partners; Aliens: The Big Think
“I cannot recall ever seeing a more charming, warm and – dare I say – human portrait of the Queen than this one.”
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TV Critics: Caravanner of the Year; Murder in Paradise; Five Star Babies
“Caravanner of the Year isn’t just a weird idea for a TV programme; it’s a weird idea for a thing.”
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TV Critics: Fierce; The Tiny Tots Talent Agency; Tribal Teens
“The more precious the site, the more wondrous the natural wonder, the more the presenter and his voice get in the way.”
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TV Critics: I Want My Wife Back; The People v OJ Simpson; Pubs That Built Britain
“This felt more situation than comedy, never quite escalating into knockabout.”
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TV Critics: Horizon; Tom Jones’s 1950s; Michael McIntyre’s Big Show; The Five
“An absorbing and challenging Horizon, an oddly heavyweight option for Sunday evening.”
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TV Critics: The Secret Files; Jungle Animal Hospital; Bargain Shop Wars; British Army Girls
“The Secret Files is a fascinating idea and last night’s selection shimmered with gems.”
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TV Critics: Normal For Norfolk; Scott & Bailey; What British Muslims Really Think
“A programme which sat somewhere between a Seventies sitcom and an episode of The Apprentice.”
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TV Critics: Camping; The Tunnel; Britain's Treasure Islands; River Monsters
“There’s no better comedy around at the moment.”