All Critics articles – Page 189

  • Krod  Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
    Comment

    12 June ‘09

    2009-06-12T09:24:00Z

    “A sort of live-action Shrek.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Celebrity MasterChef
    Comment

    11 June ‘09

    2009-06-11T09:05:00Z

    “Is it perhaps just a bit too familiar and formulaic?” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Living with Monkeys
    Comment

    10 June ‘09

    2009-06-10T09:57:00Z

    “If they want to fill two hours of primetime BBC1 over two consecutive nights there had better be more in it for viewers than a few snatched shots of long-faced primates interspersed with what looked suspiciously like library pics.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The World’s Greatest Musical Prodigies
    Comment

    9 June ‘09

    2009-06-09T09:13:00Z

    “Prodigies, surely, need to be treated with greater sensitivity than this.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Hope Springs
    Comment

    8 June ‘09

    2009-06-08T09:12:00Z

    “It’s there as an end-of-the-weekend wind-down, the only problem being that it’s never quite tongue-in-cheek or over-the-top enough to make you forgive its shortcomings.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • A World of Pain: Meera Syal on Self-Harm
    Comment

    5 June ‘09

    2009-06-05T09:32:00Z

    “There were, in truth, some pretty good elements, but they just weren’t explored properly.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • A Shot of Love with Tila Tequila
    Comment

    4 June ‘09

    2009-06-04T10:28:00Z

    “A depressing US series that’s an example of the many dire faux-reality shows that clutter up cable channels to suck in the lazy.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • I'm Running Sainsbury's
    Comment

    3 June ‘09

    2009-06-03T11:44:00Z

    “An in-house training film that somehow made it to prime time.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Dispatches: Orphans of the Storm
    Comment

    2 June ‘09

    2009-06-02T09:44:00Z

    “A blinding reminder of how truly irrelevant nearly everything else that will be shown on television this week is.”Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Reggie Perrin
    Comment

    1 June ‘09

    2009-06-01T11:46:00Z

    “Reggie Perrin is just average, rather than awful.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Tourette’s: I Swear I Can’t Help It
    Comment

    29 May ‘09

    2009-05-29T10:36:00Z

    “A touching and moving portrait.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Armando lannucci
    Comment

    28 May ‘09

    2009-05-28T12:58:00Z

    “Mary Sackville-West’s famous poets series is turning into the best thing TV has yet done with poetry.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Simon Schama's John Donne
    Comment

    27 May '09

    2009-05-27T13:44:00Z

    “…wildly enthusiastic programme.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Comment

    26 May '09

    2009-05-26T10:11:00Z

    “We might have seen the future.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Comment

    22 May '09

    2009-05-22T08:28:00Z

    “It’s an excellent but terrifying film.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Comment

    21 May '09

    2009-05-21T07:44:00Z

    “Colossally boring, self-indulgent — and an insulting waste of the licence fee.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • News

    20 May '09

    2009-05-20T02:13:00Z

    “It’s The Apprentice with a conscience.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Comment

    19 May '09

    2009-05-19T01:51:00Z

    “Borderline loony dramatic reconstruction.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Comment

    18 May '09

    2009-05-18T01:10:00Z

    “It’s one of those dramas that allow commissioning editors to hold their heads up when people start muttering about the public service remit.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Comment

    15 May '09

    2009-05-15T23:14:00Z

    “It’s one episode old and already feels like a potential winner.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.