All Critics articles – Page 15
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CriticsThe Push; How the BBC Began
“True crime documentaries can be a prurient business but The Push was remarkable”
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CriticsThe Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin; Dead Hot; Things You Should Have Done
“I had forgotten what a singular talent Noel Fielding is. Here they just wind him up and let him go: he stands and he delivers”
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CriticsMary & George; Landscape Artist of the Year; Bring the Drama
“Underneath the heaving buttocks, there’s an interesting depiction of life at the advent of modernity”
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CriticsNew Model Agency; Dead in the Water; Shogun
“The temptation to stab yourself in the thigh with a fork grows with every passing minute”
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CriticsThe Jury: Murder Trial; Shōgun
“It is wholly addictive and possibly even valuable television”
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CriticsInseparable Sisters; Avatar: The Last Airbender; Constellation
Inseparable Sisters, BBC1 “Inseparable Sisters, by film-maker Nick Hartley, is an intimate, uplifting documentary and the culmination of BBC Wales Today anchor Lucy Owen following Marieme and Ndeye’s progress for several years. What emerges is a utopian picture of a loving, fully functioning – and, ...
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CriticsCritics: Joe Lycett vs Sewage
“This was an unfailingly entertaining and informative summary of the shit we’re in”
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CriticsBreathtaking; The Way; Killer Crocs with Steve Backshall
“This promises to be an increasingly distressing account of the most uncertain and frightening few weeks in recent British history”
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CriticsMiners’ Strike: The Frontline Story; Into the Congo with Ben Fogle;World’s Most Dangerous Roads
“Their words have power, because their feelings – anger, pride, heartbreak – remain so strong”
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CriticsToo Good To Be True; The Grand Tour: Sand Job
“There’s more than enough intrigue here to keep me watching”
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CriticsBring the Drama; Alice & Jack
“Delivered a masterclass in reality TV by illuminating the world rather than just reflecting it”
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CriticsThe New Look; Kin
“Accent quibbles aside, this series is a beautifully made, nuanced exploration of two creative geniuses whose lives were far from black and white”
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CriticsThe Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth; Homophobia, Football and Me; True Detective
“It makes for painstaking programming, but it constructs an irresistible case”
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CriticsMiss Scarlet and the Duke; Hot Mess Summer; One Day
“The pace is brisk, the mysteries are well plotted and the dialogue is sharp and witty”
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CriticsThe Hairy Bikers Go West; Boris Becker: The Rise and Fall; Hot Mess Summer
“Dave Myers’s freshly discovered zest for life was the essential ingredient here”
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CriticsOne Day; Katherine Ryan: Parental Guidance; Curb Your Enthusiasm
“It’s the most bingeable Netflix offering since Emily in Paris”
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CriticsDeath in Paradise; Tell Them You Love Me
“Death in Paradise threw everything at its 100th episode”