All Critics articles – Page 162

  • Beeneys_Restoration_Nightmare_
    Comment

    21 Oct '11

    2011-10-21T11:02:00Z

    “It is a testimony to the power of Beeny love that anyone has dared to put a second series out in our new era of austerity.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Holy Flying Circus
    Comment

    20 Oct '11

    2011-10-20T11:33:00Z

    “I felt it was just loving – pleasuring – itself, and I was left to watch, shivering alone at the end of the bed.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • This World: Spain’s Stolen Babies
    Comment

    19 Oct '11

    2011-10-19T11:44:00Z

    “A warning to us all of how the unthinkable can quickly become thinkable.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Brave_New_World_with_Stephen_Hawking
    Comment

    18 Oct '11

    2011-10-18T11:08:00Z

    “All great stuff and all on the verge of happening. What Hawking has to do with it is anyone’s guess.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Comic Strip Presents... the Hunt for Tony Blair
    Comment

    17 Oct '11

    2011-10-17T11:25:00Z

    “It should have been cordoned off with crime-scene tape, not broadcast.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
    Comment

    14 Oct '11

    2011-10-14T11:15:00Z

    “Greece currently only means one thing to most British viewers, and it isn’t taramasalata and souvlaki.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • fresh_meat
    Comment

    13 Oct '11

    2011-10-13T11:18:00Z

    “This show, full of gags as it is, doesn’t really deserve a label like a sitcom.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Me, My Sex and I
    Comment

    12 Oct '11

    2011-10-12T12:49:00Z

    “It was sensible, delicate, and sober, but also very touching.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • twincredibles
    Comment

    11 Oct '11

    2011-10-11T11:40:00Z

    “The shuffling of human genes is a remarkable thing and never more so than in the case of mixed-race twins.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • City Beneath the Waves
    Comment

    10 Oct' 11

    2011-10-10T11:08:00Z

    “I was literally propping up my eyelids at the merest thought of watching Professor Jon Henderson and his hunky team.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • Hidden
    Comment

    7 Oct '11

    2011-10-07T12:05:00Z

    “I was wondering if there might not be a case for opera-style plot synopses to be available via the red button.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • all_roads_lead_home
    Comment

    6 Oct '11

    2011-10-06T16:31:00Z

    “It appeared as if it had been put together by random means, possibly even a group of small children…a very, very peculiar idea for a TV show.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Comment

    5 Oct '11

    2011-10-05T14:02:00Z

    “One should always shun cliché, but one that seemed permissible in these circumstances was the word ‘heartstopping,’” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • frost_on_nixon
    Comment

    3 Oct '11

    2011-10-03T13:45:00Z

    “Was it really that good of an interview?” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • shirley_3
    Comment

    30 Sep '11

    2011-09-30T12:05:00Z

    “Obviously you can’t do the whole biography in a 70-minute film. But I’m not sure the right pages have been torn out.” Read on

  • Fresh Meat
    Comment

    29 Sep '11

    2011-09-29T10:56:00Z

    “Cut it in half and there’s a potentially great comedy.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • hedge_wars
    Comment

    28 Sep '11

    2011-09-28T11:53:00Z

    “Not all deforestation is bad, as you’d know if you lived next door to an out-of-control leylandii.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Sandhurst
    Comment

    27 Sep '11

    2011-09-27T10:50:00Z

    “A large part of this documentary series’ magic is its real-life soap.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Fry’s Planet Word
    Comment

    26 Sep '11

    2011-09-26T11:36:00Z

    “Linguistics isn’t natural television material, it needs a wit and a wag and a wordsmith to bring it to life.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • Educating Essex
    Comment

    23 Sep '11

    2011-09-23T10:40:00Z

    “Mr Drew’s history class is a hundred times better than David Starkey’s.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.