All Critics articles – Page 156

  • britain_beware
    Comment

    8 May '12

    2012-05-08T10:38:00Z

    “A fascinating mirror reflecting past attitudes.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Hoarder Next Door
    Comment

    4 May '12

    2012-05-04T10:27:00Z

    “The nastiest show I’ve seen all year.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • antiques_uncovered
    Comment

    3 May '12

    2012-05-03T11:10:00Z

    ““It isn’t without its pleasures, if you can put up with the charm of the presenters.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • William and Kate: The First Year
    Comment

    2 May '12

    2012-05-02T10:19:00Z

    “A cheap-and-cheerful clip collage glued together with the spurious authority of ‘royal experts’.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The 70s
    Comment

    1 May '12

    2012-05-01T11:32:00Z

    “There seemed to be too much familiar material and not enough revelation.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Vera
    Comment

    30 April '12

    2012-04-30T11:51:00Z

    “The plots, generally speaking, justify the amount of Sunday evening viewing time they take up.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • The Plot to Bring Down Britain’s Planes
    Comment

    27 April '12

    2012-04-27T11:03:00Z

    “It was essentially an autopsy.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Queen Victoria’s Last Love
    Comment

    26 April '12

    2012-04-26T10:49:00Z

    “This was an intriguing, rarely told final chapter of the Queen’s life.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Richard_Bacon_2012
    Comment

    25 April '12

    2012-04-25T10:38:00Z

    “It shouldn’t work..but it’s almost joyous.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The King and the Playwright: a Jacobean History
    Comment

    24 April '12

    2012-04-24T10:16:00Z

    “Shapiro brought fine historical insight.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The_Bridge
    Comment

    23 April '12

    2012-04-23T10:01:00Z

    “Certainly it’s gripping – involving, haunting, beautiful – in an unfriendly way of course.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • Louis Theroux – Extreme Love
    Comment

    20 April '12

    2012-04-20T10:21:00Z

    “A brutal portrait of what autism does to a family. But not devoid of love though. Or humour.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Elizabeth Taylor: Auction of a Lifetime
    Comment

    19 April '12

    2012-04-19T10:55:00Z

    “Disgustingly decadent, entirely morally unconscionable and the most fun I’ve had in ages.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Meet_The_Romans_With_Mary_Beard
    Comment

    18 Apr '12

    2012-04-18T13:42:00Z

    “Professor Beard is an absolute treat of a presenter, a woman over the age of 35, picked not just because she has a lively style but because she’s an expert in her subject.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Dominic_Sandbrook
    Comment

    17 April '12

    2012-04-17T09:59:00Z

    “Sandbrook’s social history excelled at the tiny details.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Words of the Titanic
    Comment

    16 April '12

    2012-04-16T10:07:00Z

    “Curiously it turned out to be one of the best of the bunch.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Derek
    Comment

    13 April '12

    2012-04-13T11:14:00Z

    “If Gervais is guilty of anything here it’s not cynical exploitation, but self-regarding naivety.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • divine_women
    Comment

    12 April '12

    2012-04-12T11:44:00Z

    “Bettany Hughes acts as a kind of Indiana Jones of gender redress.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Horizon: Defeating Cancer
    Comment

    11 April '12

    2012-04-11T11:21:00Z

    “It just charted, in its unsensationalist, unsentimental way, the stories of prostate cancer sufferers.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Kelly and Her Sisters Grow Up
    Comment

    10 April '12

    2012-04-10T11:52:00Z

    “I’d love to say that this film was uplifting, but it wasn’t.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.