All Critics articles – Page 163

  • fresh_meat2
    Comment

    22 Sep '11

    2011-09-22T10:42:00Z

    “What really holds the thing together is an underlying sympathy.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Great British Bake-Off
    Comment

    21 Sep '11

    2011-09-21T10:41:00Z

    “The raw battery acid of competition coating their nerves is inherently interesting.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • This is Jinsy
    Comment

    20 Sep '11

    2011-09-20T10:01:00Z

    “It offers a slice of oddball humour quite unlike anything else to be found.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Downton Abbey
    Comment

    19 Sep '11

    2011-09-19T10:49:00Z

    “It is moreish partly for the obvious reason that Fellowes is deft at keeping a large number of characters and plots in play.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • BILLY CONNOLLY’S ROUTE 66
    Comment

    16 Sep '11

    2011-09-16T10:42:00Z

    “I’d find Connolly funnier if he didn’t spend quite so much time poleaxed with mirth at his own jokes.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Planet Dinosaur
    Comment

    15 Sep '11

    2011-09-15T11:17:00Z

    “The problem is that knowledge and science generally take second place to B-movie spectacle.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Body Farm
    Comment

    14 Sep '11

    2011-09-14T11:58:00Z

    “Last night’s story reeked of decomposing scriptwriter.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Little England
    Comment

    13 Sep '11

    2011-09-13T11:16:00Z

    “Too boring. This couple, Monica and Nick, manage a chateau where some other people are getting married.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV

  • Appropriate Adult
    Comment

    12 Sep '11

    2011-09-12T10:00:00Z

    “It was a relief when he left the screen and we saw the mess he left behind.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Conspiracy Road Trip
    Comment

    9 Sep '11

    2011-09-09T13:06:00Z

    “Part of me felt that we needed to delve deeper into why these irrational beliefs had taken hold.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill
    Comment

    8 Sep '11

    2011-09-08T10:43:00Z

    “Obama had to laugh casually as jokes were made about Osama hiding in the Hindu Kush.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Twins_of_twin_towers
    Comment

    7 Sep '11

    2011-09-07T09:42:00Z

    “Lichtenstein is confident enough not to impose a heavy-handed voiceover on her narrative”. Read on for the verdict for last night’s TV.

  • How Facebook Changed the World: the Arab Spring
    Comment

    6 Sep '11

    2011-09-06T09:40:00Z

    “The Arab Spring almost certainly would not have taken place without so-called social networking.” Read on for the verdict for last night’s TV.

  • Appropriate Adult
    Comment

    5 Sep '11

    2011-09-05T10:23:00Z

    “There’s no denying the drama’s grip, or the compelling oddity of the relationship it explores.”

  • 911 the Day that Changed the World
    Comment

    2 Sep '11

    2011-09-02T12:17:00Z

    ” Leslie Woodhead’s superb film followed [Bush] by interviewing anyone who mattered that day.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • 911_The_Firemans_Story
    Comment

    1 Sep '11

    2011-09-01T16:48:00Z

    “It does sometimes feel a little like sandwich bought from a garage: all shrink-wrapped and pumped full of additives.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Inside Nature's Giants
    Comment

    31 Aug '11

    2011-08-31T11:39:00Z

    “Cutting open a camel is a messy business and unless you’re a vet and know what you’re looking at.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Page Eight
    Comment

    30 Aug '11

    2011-08-30T12:21:00Z

    “Too much of the script clunked badly and there were moments of unintentional hilarity.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • Channel 4
    Comment

    25 Aug '11

    2011-08-25T11:36:00Z

    “It more than lived up to its pre-broadcast hype as a radical reassessment of the relationship between Wallis and Edward.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Harry's Arctic Heroes
    Comment

    24 Aug '11

    2011-08-24T11:14:00Z

    “It was far from gratuitous as, true to squaddie stereotype, the hills they trained in rang with banter.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.