All Critics articles – Page 107
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TV Critics: Abused; Into the Wild; The Island
“It’s to Auntie’s credit that here on primetime was a programme directly addressing its institutional failures around Savile.”
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TV Critics: Britain's Got Talent; Home Fires; Hidden Britain by Drone; 11.22.63
Cowell needed Beau Dermot because the rest was repetitive fare”
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TV Critics: How to Stay Young; Workers or Shirkers?; Army Girls
“It was a thought-provoking hour that will have had every viewer mentally calculating how many years they could add to their life by dropping this, taking up that and eating more of the other.”
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TV Critics: The People Next Door; Grantchester; The Reassembler
“A glittering puzzle box of a mystery that hinted at dark deeds without ever fully showing its hand.”
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TV Critics: Drive; How Not to Do DIY; Bake Off Crème De La Crème
“This is going nowhere and I’d rather sit in traffic.”
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TV Critics: Marcella; James May: The Reassembler; Sex Box
“The whole thing felt untethered to reality, which didn’t do much for its credibility but helped it to work surprisingly well as drama.”
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TV Critics: Undercover; The Durrells
“I didn’t mind not having a clue what was going on, even if at times it felt like at least three different dramas were playing out in tandem.”
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TV Critics: Line of Duty; The Secret History of My Family; Mission Survive; Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle
“What confidence Mercurio has in his storytelling – the nerve, to hold it all back until the second episode!”
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TV Critics: Bake Off: Crème de la Crème; Murdered By my Father; The A Word
“A bloodless, uninvolving affair at once frenetically busy and yawningly free of incident.”
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TV Critics: Maigret; The Island; Gok's Lunchbox
“Classier than vin ordinaire, but still an early vintage.”
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TV Critics: Employable Me; MasterChef; Chef vs Science
“It’s warm, human, moving telly.” Read on for more reviews of last night’s television.
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TV Critics: The A Word; Ross Kemp's Britain; Exposure
“The whole thing feels slightly underpowered so far – but there are nevertheless some fine moments.”
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TV Critics: An Island Parish; The Tube; The Food Chain
“An Island Parish made me yearn to flick a stone across the flat sea, and spend a sunny morning watching the world while waiting for a bus.”
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TV Critics: Follow The Money; Great Canal Journey; Tribes, Predators & Me
“An addictive, tightly plotted thriller was unfolding. Who knew financial crime could be this much fun?”
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TV Critics: Jo Brand’s Hell of a Walk; Speed with Guy Martin; Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
“Oddly lovely, and a little bit inspiring.”
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TV Critics: Brendan O'Carroll: My Family at War, Horizon: The Immortalist; The Interviews: Peter Sellers
“A solid narrator with an eye for a good line and a nice way with a haunting image.”
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TV Critics: Inside Obama’s White House; Happy Valley; First Dates
“Inside Obama’s White House rattled along like a thriller.”
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TV Critics: Behind Closed Doors; Art of Scandinavia
“This was an honest film about stories that don’t have neat, happy endings.”
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TV Critics: Indian Summers; Doctor Thorne; Houdini & Doyle
“For all those sumptuous settings and despite the impeccable performances, there remains something slightly hollow at its heart.”