All Critics articles – Page 154
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Comment12 Jul '12
THE TOWN THAT NEVER RETIRED, BBC1“The real revelation was Nick and Margaret. Brought out from the wings of The Apprentice, they were a joyous double act, making a virtue of their age with affectionate banter.” Simon Usborne, The Independent“There was something a little perverse about seeing the nice old Prestonians ...
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CommentTV critics: Twenty Twelve; Line of Duty; The Newsroom
“Not hilarious, but good for the soul.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV critics: Double Cross; Bug; Faster, Higher, Stronger
“It was studded with raffish chancers and dashing military men.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV critics: Wallander; The Hollow Crown; Sinbad
“It was tense, it was moody and at least complicated enough.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.
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CommentTV critics: Michael Johnson; Hotel Inspector; Storyville
“It asked a brave and intriguing question and in his new role as presenter, Johnson, you might say, went the distance.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV
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CommentTV Critics: Imagine: Paul Simon’s Graceland; Line of Duty
“It posed difficult questions for defenders of cultural boycott about creative freedom, and for flouters like Simon.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV critics: Blackout; Jamie’s Summer Food Rave Up; 7/7: One Day in London
“For a story with so much incident, it was curiously slow moving.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment29 June '12
“A cheering reminder of the life-changing work doctors can do.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment28 Jun '12
“A series so ill-thought-out that even its intro does not make its brief clear.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment27 Jun '12
“Into this long summer of English sporting inadequacy, BBC Drama has fielded a world-class player.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment26 June '12
“His every facial twitch, his every semi-tone of vocal pitch was so finely tuned it could have guided missiles.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment25 Jun '12
“Only occasionally, did the translation to the modern day seem just right.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment22 Jun '12
“Too much much shouting, too much war.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment20 Jun' 12
“I felt like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz going from a world of black and white to glorious Technicolor.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment19 June '12
“A brave and compassionate bit of film-making.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment18 June '12
“Tennant was like a startled hare who was stunned to realise he had never forgotten his old love.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment15 Jun' 12
“First episodes are often awkward affairs, and this one didn’t break the rule.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment13 Jun '12
“He has the ability to get on with and talk to normal people that few journalists, brainiacs or artists have.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment12 June '12
“As dawn broke, the documentary slowed and clarified.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.