All Critics articles – Page 7
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CriticsA House Through Time; Everyone Else Burns; Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out; Rivals
“This is a fresh way of looking at a very well-covered, terrible period of history”
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CriticsShrinking; Beyond Black Beauty; Sweet Bobby
“Shrinking has expanded to become something we all need in our roster of streaming shows”
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CriticsI Cut Off His Penis; Sweet Bobby; Life And Death in Gaza
“I was rapt for the full 80-minute documentary”
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CriticsMr Loverman; Michael Mosley; Our Farm Next Door
“A slim but moving testament to the enduring power of self-acceptance”
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CriticsDisclaimer; Sweetpea
“Disclaimer should stand as a case study for the dangers of auteur bloat: too long, pretentious and with just a soupçon of naff”
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CriticsCurfew; One Day in October; DNA Journey
“Despite wasted opportunities, Curfew is a perfectly serviceable crime drama”
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CriticsRivals; Bombing Brighton
“This is a big pink Anglo bubblegum of a production and a splash of retro-escapism”
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CriticsThe Hardacres; Alma’s Not Normal; Solar System
“If it’s untaxing, escapist fare you want, this will do fine”
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CriticsShowtrial; Chimp Crazy; The Cleaner
“Tension is gradually built up as the trial proceeds, until it turns the knuckles white”
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CriticsAnna Richardson: Love, Loss & Dementia; Heartstopper
“Richardson does a good professional job of warning what a diagnosis looks like for those further down the track”
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CriticsCast Away; How to Survive a Dictator: North Korea
“Revealing study of what happens to an entitled TV star, fuelled by a belief that the public adores them, when the adulation is taken away”
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CriticsJoan; State of Rage; Paddy and Chris
“The serviceable script doesn’t ask too much of the strong cast, but they produce as solid a piece of entertainment as you could ask for”
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CriticsThe Great British Bake Off; Into the Jungle With Ed Stafford
“On this evidence, there’s still plenty of life in the old sponge yet”
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CriticsSmall Town, Big Riot; Industry
“It might be an insight into the reality of boots-on-the-ground journalism, but it didn’t exactly make for fascinating television”
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CriticsApples Never Fall; Celebrity SAS; Mortimer & Whitehouse
“It’ll sate anyone wanting their latest fix of waspy families and their scandalous secrets, but has little original to offer”