All Critics articles – Page 45
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CriticsLine Of Duty
“To tie up a story this complex, leaving no loose ends, is a superb achievement”
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CriticsSaved by a Stranger
“It’s unexpectedly moving and, in the warm, sensitive hands of Anita Rani, it always keeps a respectful distance from prurience and intrusion”
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CriticsIs Uni Racist?
“At a time when many accuse universities of being ‘too woke’ this was an eye-opener”
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CriticsMakeup: A Glamorous History
“This is an elegant, detailed history of a fascinating subject that casts its gaze across far more than hair and beauty.”
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CriticsStarstruck
“Starstruck offers that delightful viewing experience where you realise afterwards you’ve had a massive grin on your face the whole time.”
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CriticsAccused of Murdering Our Son: The Steven Clark Story
“The central mystery remains as compelling today as it did when Steven went missing in December 1992”
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CriticsSecond Hand for 50 Grand
“Credit to the producers for finding stories with some heart to them – but at the end of the day, it was still mostly about the cash”
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CriticsGlow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star
“It’s joyful, harmless, celebratory fun and there is, as ever, a rightful place for that.”
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CriticsMare of Easttown
“A millefeuille of misery, as exquisitely layered and as moreish as the real thing”
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CriticsCall the Midwife
“No other series so skilfully smuggles a quiet radicalism and difficult themes into a pre-watershed package of charm and kindness”
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CriticsFrank of Ireland
“Brian and Domhnall have clearly been cracking each other up since childhood and their ease in each other’s company was infectious”
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CriticsBent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty
“A pacy and gripping first episode owed less to Ted Hastings and AC-12 than to shaggy-mopped Seventies favourites such as The Sweeney”
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CriticsAll That Glitters
“It’ll need a lot of cutting and polishing, but there’s the raw material for a charming series in All That Glitters.”
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CriticsMeet the Richardsons
“It makes for a zippy half-hour and I happily cackled away for much of it.”
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CriticsThe Day William and Kate Got Married
“For a royal documentary, it was surprisingly entertaining”
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CriticsThe Michelangelo Code: Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
“It was fascinating but the sheer accumulation of conspiracies and religious mysteries in the two-hour documentary became overwhelming”
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