All Critics articles – Page 72

  • The Abused Hazel 2
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    The Abused

    2019-02-21T10:59:00Z

    “Barbie MacLaurin’s film was shocking in showing what actual terror looks like”

  • 100 Vaginas Womanhood693
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    100 Vaginas

    2019-02-20T10:27:00Z

    “I will certainly be showing it to both my son and daughter when they are old enough”

  • Growing Up Gifted
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    Growing Up Gifted; Cold Feet; A Very British History

    2019-02-19T09:55:00Z

    “Filmed with unobtrusive sensitivity, Growing Up Gifted was a powerful insight into both teenage life and social mobility”

  • Traitors
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    Traitors

    2019-02-18T10:02:00Z

    “A drama that has a sparky, modern vibe while still evoking an era of chilblains and Izal toilet paper”

  • The Death Of Aimee Spencer
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    The Death of Aimee Spencer

    2019-02-15T09:40:00Z

    “There was a decent true crime documentary lurking inside but it couldn’t quite fight its way out of the gratuitous celebrity packaging”

  • Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits
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    Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits

    2019-02-14T10:11:00Z

    “An unflinching series that has the balls to take as its subjects a group of people far from instantly likeable”

  • Catastrophe
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    Catastrophe

    2019-02-13T09:45:00Z

    “This was both a satisfying resolution and a poignant send-off for Carrie Fisher.”

  • Famous and Fighting Crime
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    Famous and Fighting Crime

    2019-02-12T09:41:00Z

    “It was absorbing, full of warm camaraderie and made for a fascinating insight into the realities of modern policing”

  • Endeavour
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    Endeavour

    2019-02-11T09:44:00Z

    “This period crime drama deserves to be viewed through a jeweller’s eyeglass, the better to enjoy the precision mechanism of its plots”

  • Ryanair: Britain's Most Hated Airline?
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    Ryanair: Britain’s Most Hated Airline?

    2019-02-08T10:00:00Z

    “I thoroughly enjoyed this anatomisation of the no-frills Irish airline”

  • Das Boot
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    Das Boot

    2019-02-07T10:23:00Z

    “It was all beautifully done, creating an oppressive, suffocatingly tense atmosphere.”

  • Martin Clunes Islands of America
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    Islands of America

    2019-02-06T10:04:00Z

    “A handsomely shot exploration of American life past the mainland margins and Clunes made for an engaging guide”

  • Teachers Training to Kill
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    Teachers Training to Kill

    2019-02-05T09:38:00Z

    “It was sobering to watch, chilling too, but it wasn’t as shocking as it was meant to be”

  • Africa With Ade Adepitan
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    Africa With Ade Adepitan

    2019-02-04T09:48:00Z

    “It’s a relief that BBC2 can make a travel programme without hiring a smug stand-up comedian to front it”

  • Camping
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    Camping

    2019-02-01T09:36:00Z

    “It was like drinking a flat, tepid lager shandy when you could have been having a row of Balkan vodka shots”

  • Pure
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    Pure

    2019-01-31T10:36:00Z

    “Clever, witty, and oddly given the content, sometimes rather innocent and charming”

  • Winterwatch
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    Winterwatch

    2019-01-30T09:39:00Z

    “Me and the dog will be watching agog from the warmth of our sofa”

  • Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil
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    Inside Europe

    2019-01-29T09:54:00Z

    “A riveting documentary, executed in a grown-up way and with a calm, clear, judicious narration that only emphasised the bickering mess we’re now in”

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    The Last Survivors

    2019-01-28T10:05:00Z

    “A masterclass in documentary making with restraint and without editorialising”

  • Tin Star
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    Tin Star

    2019-01-25T10:20:00Z

    “At times last night I wasn’t sure whether I was watching a revenge drama or suffering from delirium induced by a urinary tract infection.”