All Critics articles – Page 51

  • Alison Hammond Back To School
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    Alison Hammond: Back to School

    2020-10-07T09:01:00Z

    “It had the air of educational programming but was no less absorbing for it. The inimitable Hammond made for an engaging guide.”

  • Adult Material
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    Adult Material

    2020-10-06T09:15:00Z

    “It was a difficult watch, but Adult Material felt like a truly original drama – and a clear-eyed look at the UK porn industry”

  • Brave New World
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    Brave New World

    2020-10-05T09:45:00Z

    “The new, nine-part adaptation settles for being a silly, if action-packed and excellently-acted, chunk of escapism”

  • Emily In Paris
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    Emily in Paris

    2020-10-02T09:25:00Z

    “Sure, it’s nonsense, but who will be sitting down to this expecting La Haine?”

  • Love Life
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    Love Life

    2020-10-01T09:27:00Z

    “A fun watch, but it feels like a wasted opportunity”

  • Honour
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    Honour

    2020-09-29T09:23:00Z

    “The power and momentum of Gwyneth Hughes’s drama rested in the emotional shocks”

  • Little Mix: The Search
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    Little Mix: The Search

    2020-09-28T09:10:00Z

    “This new series had its flaws but it felt buzzy and contemporary”

  • The Grand Party Hotel
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    The Grand Party Hotel

    2020-09-25T08:51:00Z

    “This docusoap about Liverpool’s Shankly Hotel was enough to induce a migraine and a morbid fear of organised fun”

  • Grayson Perry's Big American Roadtrip
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    Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip

    2020-09-24T08:59:00Z

    “This was more than just another celebrity travelogue”

  • The Great Britis Bake Off 2020
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    The Great British Bake Off

    2020-09-23T09:19:00Z

    “This was a reliably wonderful return: with the news that we might be inside for a long while yet, it is a joy to have this show back for an hour each week.”

  • Ghosts
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    Ghosts

    2020-09-22T08:56:00Z

    “It pulls off the rare trick of appealing to both children and adults.”

  • Us
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    Us

    2020-09-21T09:21:00Z

    “The first episode did not disappoint, capturing the novel’s winning blend of poignancy and wry humour”

  • the_real_des_03
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    The Real ‘Des’: The Story of Dennis Nilsen

    2020-09-18T08:39:00Z

    “I reckon that the droning narcissist would have hated this film, which is gratifying. For here we learnt what a truly crushing bore he was”

  • Lost At Sea
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    Lost at Sea: My Dad’s Last Journey

    2020-09-17T08:50:00Z

    “This moving, intense film wasn’t really about rowing at all.”

  • The Third Day
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    The Third Day

    2020-09-16T09:53:00Z

    “This folk-horror puzzler is like watching a video game being played out.”

  • Des
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    Des

    2020-09-15T08:59:00Z

    “David Tennant portrayed serial killer Dennis Nilsen in what was a breathtaking and career-defining performance”

  • The Singapore Grip
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    The Singapore Grip

    2020-09-14T08:55:00Z

    “ITV’s adaptation of JG Farrell’s satirical novel is sumptuous, but tonally strange, knowingly overacted and hammed up to big band music”

  • The Black Full Monty
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    The Black Full Monty

    2020-09-11T09:15:00Z

    “This was a fun and surprisingly sweet programme”

  • Dog Tales: The Making Of Man's Best Friend
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    Dog Tales: The Making of Man’s Best Friend

    2020-09-09T09:14:00Z

    “You could lean in if interested in the nuts and bolts of pet evolution. Or turn down the sound and ‘ooh’ and ‘aaah’ at the fur balls.”

  • Sue Perkins: Along the US-Mexico Border
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    Sue Perkins: Along the US-Mexico Border

    2020-09-08T09:20:00Z

    “The series felt like an awkward combination of a Mexican travelogue and a hard-hitting film on the issue of migration and the Mexican border”