All Critics articles – Page 68

  • The Family Brain Games
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    The Family Brain Games

    2019-06-18T08:43:00Z

    “An ingenious format, and one that quickly proved Dara’s theory about intellectual agility and age”

  • Top Gear
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    Top Gear

    2019-06-17T08:41:00Z

    “It might have miles on the clock, but this trio injected some va-va-voom”

  • Who Should Get To Stay In The UK?
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    Who Should Get to Stay in the UK?

    2019-06-14T08:48:00Z

    “An intimate, moving film without descending into mawkish sob stories”

  • Wild Bill
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    Wild Bill

    2019-06-13T08:35:00Z

    “More unbalanced than a middle-class weekend clubber out of his tiny brain on horse tranquilisers and methamphetamines”

  • What's My Name: Muhammad Ali
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    What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali

    2019-06-12T09:32:00Z

    “Such was the 100-watt charisma of Ali that you could just wallow in clips of him for hours and be richly entertained”

  • Year Of The Rabbit
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    Year Of The Rabbit

    2019-06-11T08:54:00Z

    “At times, it feels like an excuse for a marvellous cast to ham it up with some daft capers but for the most part this is great, lively fun.”

  • Killing Eve
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    Killing Eve

    2019-06-10T09:03:00Z

    “Watching it feels like lying on a blood-soaked chaise longue and eating cherry liqueurs by the handful”

  • My Gay Dog and Other Animals
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    My Gay Dog and Other Animals

    2019-06-07T08:28:00Z

    “It is, essentially, the kind of segment that might have sustained 10 minutes on Eurotrash, stretched out over one long, hump-filled hour.”

  • The Virtues
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    The Virtues

    2019-06-06T08:35:00Z

    “The final 20 minutes will stand as one of the most intense passages in TV fiction”

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    63 Up

    2019-06-05T08:36:00Z

    “Proved that it is possible to make thoughtful, poignant fly-on-the-wall programmes that educate and entertain without exploiting.”

  • 7 Up & Me
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    7 Up & Me

    2019-06-04T08:36:00Z

    “Honest, revealing and unashamedly schmaltzy, it was the perfect curtain raiser for tomorrow night’s 63 Up”

  • The Raft
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    The Raft

    2019-06-03T08:43:00Z

    “An extraordinary story, beautifully and vividly told”

  • The Final Mission: Foxy's War
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    The Final Mission: Foxy’s War

    2019-05-31T08:34:00Z

    “His interview technique was a weakness but the former soldier did take a camera into situations that spoke more clearly than any words”

  • The Virtues
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    The Virtues

    2019-05-30T09:10:00Z

    “The gift of all those involved is to make such a story compelling and to induce great compassion in the viewer”

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    The Planets

    2019-05-29T09:27:00Z

    “The cutting-edge visuals are worthy of a space movie, not least the cosmic round of ten-pin bowling at the dawn of the galaxy”

  • Thatcher: A Very British Revolution
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    Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

    2019-05-28T09:40:00Z

    “The journey back in time was as interesting as the subject herself”

  • Riviera
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    Riviera

    2019-05-24T08:53:00Z

    “This wasn’t so much a compelling drama as a glossy lifestyle catalogue”

  • Summer of Rockets
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    Summer of Rockets

    2019-05-23T09:01:00Z

    “Cleared the launch pad, but the landing may yet prove a bumpy one.”

  • Alistair Campbell Depression And Me
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    Alastair Campbell: Depression and Me

    2019-05-22T08:39:00Z

    “Seeing Campbell explain his experience to camera was a startling, necessary glimpse of the reality of how depression can descend so fast”

  • Hatton Garden
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    Hatton Garden

    2019-05-21T08:34:00Z

    “It was splendid in a downbeat, understated, attention-to-detail way”