All Critics articles – Page 114
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NewsTV Critics: The Great British Bake Off; Doctor Foster; You, Me and the Apocalypse
“Bake Off is not just inclusive and reflective of our nation, it’s also just kind of nice. Maybe nice is the new nasty…”
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CriticsTV Critics: New Tricks; Empire; Chewing Gum
“New Tricks had a good run, but its glory days are gone. Ending it was an act of mercy.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Celts; Rooney: The Man Behind The Goals; The Leftovers
“A competent historical recap while pushing into new, revelatory directions; creating stark reconstructions that were atmospheric, but not corny.”
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CriticsTV Critics: From Darkness; The Kennedys
“A well-acted, beefy crime drama as traditional as a Sunday roast.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Oak Tree; Who Do You Think You Are?; Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways
“This was 90 minutes of telly at its best, entertaining and educational.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Face of Britain by Simon Schama; Welcome to the Mosque; You, Me and the Apocalypse
“Finesse Churchill would have been proud of.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Reggie Yates: Race Riots USA; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Body Donors
“Yates’s quietly angry documentary was full of such powerful moments”
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CriticsTV Critics: Danger Mouse; Sex Diaries: Webcam Couples; A Syrian Love Story
“A script with its tongue so far in its cheek, it practically broke through the skin.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Cider With Rosie; Downton Abbey; This Is England ’90
“If poetic ramblings were your thing, this was TV nirvana.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Secret Rules of Modern Living; Charlie Hebdo: Three Days that Shook Paris
“Dr Sautoy has that charismatic nerd’s knack of making you excited about something he’s excited about.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Midwinter of the Spirit; World of Weird; The Ascent of Woman
“I’m not usually a fan of supernatural stuff. Yet, I found this first instalment to be ideal autumn TV fare.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Naked Choir; Millennium Children;
“The Naked Choir with Gareth Malone looked like a cut-price X Factor.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Countdown to Life; All Change at Longleat; In Case You Missed it; The Gadget Show; Britain as seen on ITV
“An extremely enlightening watch and one that makes you realise just how incredible life really is.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Go-Between; Downton Abbey; Doctor Who
“It was a marvellous tale made moreso by the subtle acting and direction.”
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CriticsTV Critics: George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces; Calculating Ada; The Special Needs Hotel; Three Kinds of Stupid; Hunted
“With all the flashbacks to previous projects and flash-forwards to treats in store, it’s a little bit frantic.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Frontline Fighting; Horizon; The Sound of ITV
“This is a programme I won’t forget in a hurry.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Britain’s Biggest Adventures; The Changing Room; The Gamechangers
“This might have been the most likeable and enjoyable manifestation of tough-guy telly ever.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Countdown to Life; All Change at Longleat; Six Degrees of Separation
“Mildly interesting, mildly edifying. Born a touch prematurely, perhaps.”
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CriticsTV Critics: This is England ’90; An Inspector Calls; It Was Alright in the 1980s
“Harry Enfield used to do a sketch about thick, thieving Scousers. This Is England was like an hour of that.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Hunted; Cradle to Grave; First Dates; Boy Meets Girl
“Whoever dreamed this up probably wears baking foil inside his nightcap to stop MI5 eavesdropping on his dreams.”