All Critics articles – Page 69

  • Back To Life
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    Back to Life

    2019-04-23T09:03:00Z

    “Well written and multi-layered, managing to be sweet, tragic and a little bit sick”

  • Chimerica
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    Chimerica

    2019-04-18T08:50:00Z

    “It’s a strikingly intelligent drama, capturing big ideas without sacrificing story or character”

  • The Great British School Swap
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    The Great British School Swap

    2019-04-17T08:44:00Z

    “This formulaic film was well-intentioned but lacked genuine insight or emotional heft”

  • Ghosts
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    Ghosts

    2019-04-16T08:45:00Z

    “With wonderful costumes and just the right balance of hammy and withering, this is jolly good fun.”

  • Game Of Thrones
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    Game of Thrones

    2019-04-15T09:19:00Z

    “A greatest hits kind of episode, a best-of that played to the crowd”

  • Naked Beach
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    Naked Beach

    2019-04-12T08:45:00Z

    “Only an irredeemable cynic could suppose it was just another format devised to feed the obsessive appetite of Channel 4 execs for boobs and bums”

  • Urban Myths
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    Urban Myths

    2019-04-11T08:41:00Z

    “An unusually poignant episode for a series which often favours out-and-out silliness”

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    Don’t Forget the Driver

    2019-04-10T09:24:00Z

    “Whatever label you put on it, it is a fine, fine piece of work”

  • The Victim
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    The Victim; The Widow

    2019-04-09T08:46:00Z

    “Thanks to the ingenuity of the script, and the quality of the performances, the more questions this drama asked, the more it drew us in”

  • The Durrells
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    The Durrells

    2019-04-08T09:10:00Z

    “It manages to yoke yearning romance to capering slapstick while folding in big thoughts about fascism and even female emancipation”

  • Our Planet
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    Our Planet

    2019-04-05T09:13:00Z

    “It stands comparison with any of the BBC’s landmark productions, and in some ways surpasses them.”

  • Veep
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    Veep

    2019-04-04T09:11:00Z

    “Veep’s bipartisan, brutal skewering of political ineptitude and venal ambition has never felt more timely”

  • The Murder Of Jill Dando
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    The Murder of Jill Dando

    2019-04-03T08:35:00Z

    “The programme wisely decided to keep out of the way and gave us an hour that was all the more moving for its spareness”

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    The Case Against Adnan Syed

    2019-04-02T09:37:00Z

    “As a quiet indictment of true crime and its ghastly razzmatazz, it was devastating”

  • Line Of Duty
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    Line of Duty

    2019-04-01T09:00:00Z

    “Ridiculous, unbearably tense and instantly addictive”

  • David Jason: Planes Trains And Automobiles
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    David Jason: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    2019-03-29T09:43:00Z

    “Our host’s bubbling enthusiasm and sheer delight at vintage vehicles made for cushty viewing.”

  • MotherFatherSon
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    MotherFatherSon

    2019-03-28T09:32:00Z

    “Continues both to baffle and stir”

  • The Yorkshire Ripper Files
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    The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story

    2019-03-27T09:35:00Z

    “Overdue relief from Netflix’s ongoing onslaught of lurid true crime documentaries”

  • The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
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    The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

    2019-03-26T09:47:00Z

    “It was stylish and gave a decent enough overview on the company’s shady practices, but didn’t dig deep enough into the darkness.”

  • Victoria
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    Victoria

    2019-03-25T09:51:00Z

    “For those who like their costume dramas to be glamorous, exciting and sumptuous, there’s no better escapism on a Sunday night”