All Critics articles – Page 118
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CriticsTV Critics: Stonemouth; The Tribe; The Marriage of Reason and Squalor
“Though it lacks true knuckle-chewing suspense, it works well enough. But the love story is dissatisfying and uninvolving.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Interceptor; Napoleon
“This was the sort of low-grade guff that drives viewers away from terrestrial TV and into the arms of Sky and Netflix.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Birthday; Running the Shop; An Hour to Save Your Life
“The marriage of stage and screen rarely presents such bonny offspring.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Met; Escape to the Wild; How to Be Bohemian
“It was so skilfully constructed that it felt more like a high-end drama.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic; Protecting Our Foster Kids; Sense8
“It could have been a dazzling whirl through the history of Britain’s greatest film studios. Instead, we got Jonathan Ross playing the tourist at a tatty theme park.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Big Box Little Box; Dementiaville; The Truth About Your Teeth
“I learned that hybrid TV – this is clearly a mix of other shows nicked from other channels, Gogglebox, The Gadget Show/Gadget Man – can be successful. It’s fun.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Modern Times: Weekend Warriors; Long Lost Family; Doll & Em
“Luke Sewell’s skilful film wasn’t really about the Tough Mudder. It was about modern masculinity and relationships. As such, it was disarmingly intimate.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Syndicate; An Hour to Save Your Life; The Secret Life Of Your House
“This series will do nicely for the first six weeks of summer.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Vicious; Eating Together; Rome's Invisible City; Man Down
“The writing is frankly snore-inducing and the acting is of the Miranda Hart School of Hammy Self-consciousness.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Inside Jaguar; Born Naughty?; Deep-Sea Super Predator
“Å surprisingly watchable hour, even for a non-car buff.”
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CriticsTV Critics: SunTrap; The Secret Life of Cleaners; Joan of Arc: God’s Warrior
“I haven’t clapped eyes on anything quite so dire since El Dorado.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Joan of Arc: God’s Warrior; Gary Lineker on the Road to FA Cup Glory
“God’s Warrior was elegant, engaging and rigorous.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Churchill: When Britain Said No; The Night Bus
“This was a devastating if gleefully one-sided assault on Churchill’s memory.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Mad Men; High Class Call Girls; The Game
“A thoroughly enjoyable finale for a stylish, extraordinary drama.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Job Centre; Horizon; The Affair
“Occasionally bonkers but ultimately heart-warming.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Blinging Up Baby; The Dog Factory; The Detectives; No Offence
“Finger-pointing snobbery dressed up as entertainment.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Detectives; Benefits Street; The Night Bus
“Techniques more often seen in drama are skilfully employed to bring out the full impact of real-life storie.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell; The Detectives; 1864
“There were pleasures here, but this drama was singularly lacking in magic.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Born Naughty?; The Secret World of Tinder; Wayward Pines
“A fascinating look at family relationships.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Affair; The World’s Most Expensive Food; The Great British Garden Watch
“The Affair gave us smart writing, complex characters and simmering sexual tension.”