All Critics articles – Page 111
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CriticsTV Critics: The Voice; War and Peace; Jericho
“Boy George added much-needed irreverence and could be just the boot up the backside the show needs.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Jericho; The Age of Loneliness; Death In Paradise
“Let’s give a big ole yee-haw for Jericho’s fearless ambition to be (slightly) different.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Empire of the Tsars; Three Days of Terror; Secret Shopper; Trust Me I’m a Doctor
“There was so much footage of Worsley it was unnerving. But her passion for the subject matter was utterly charming.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Victorian Bakers; Tricks of the Restaurant Trade; You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
“It was in every way the perfect BBC2 factual programme: full of substance, educational and accessible for all.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Insert Name Here; Silent Witness; Immortal Egypt; When Ant and Dec Met the Prince
“It is funny and it is (fairly) clever, which is pretty close to the panel-show holy grail.”
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CriticsTV Critics: War And Peace; Deutschland 83; Beowulf
“This is a production of noble ambition and grand execution; a thrilling trumpet blast for the new year.”
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CriticsTV Critics: We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story; The Children who Beat Ebola; How the Rich Live Longer
“This was an affectionate, entertaining account, which made me want to look back at the original series, more than forward to next year’s new film.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Cue the Queen; BAFTA celebrates Downton Abbey; From Andy Pandy to Zebedee
“A baggy and charmless rush through royal history.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Apprentice; Bear’s Wild Adventure with Barack Obama; The Sound of Music
“Maybe it’s not time to present the format with its P45 just yet.”
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CriticsTV Critics: First Dates; Nation's Favourite Bond Song; Christmas on the Poverty Line; Last Panthers
“I just wonder whether, had Channel 4 been a profit-making entity it would have stuck with it.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Peep Show; Love You To Death: A Year of Domestic Violence
“I kind of wish Peep Show could just continue every year until Mark and Jez die in soiled trousers from appropriately mundane illnesses.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Luther; The World's Most Expensive Christmas; Back in Time for Christmas
“It is, in its heart, an incredibly stupid television programme.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Back in Time for Christmas; Our Guy in Latvia; War and Peace
“You could feel the ghosts of Christmas future gathering in advance of tonight’s second episode.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Horizon: Tim Peake Special; The World According to Kenny Everett; Britain’s Wildest Weather 2015
“Tim’s genuine passion and the undeniably fascinating subject matter made this an incredibly enjoyable watch.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Hunderby; Britain’s Oldest Crooks
“It is sick, and twisted. But it is not only sick and twisted, not just about pushing the boundaries of taste and broadcastability– it’s also beautiful.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Secrets of the Mona Lisa; Prey;
“This was impressive programme-making. Each piece of the jigsaw got just the right emphasis.”
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CriticsTV Critics: That's So Last Century; Meet the Psychopaths; Capital; Tripped
“I am no fan of celebrity clip shows, but having this lot show these gadgets to their children was fun.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Las Vegas with Trevor McDonald; London Spy; Hunting the Paedophiles
“It was all done so meekly that it felt rather inconsequential.”
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CriticsTV Critics: World’s Weirdest Homes; A Very Murray Christmas; Doctor Who
“Architect Charlie Luxton linked the clips in likeably enthusiastic style, but this felt like a bodge job by cowboy builders.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Pioneers of Popular Entertainment; Detectorists; The Last Kingdom
“The approach taken by this programme was fantastically misguided.”