All Critics articles – Page 73
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A Year of British Murder
“I’d be surprised if there was a more humane programme on television this year”
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Les Misérables
“Andrew Davies is keeping the narrative of a very intricate and wide-ranging novel ticking along nicely.”
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American History’s Biggest Fibs
“If there’s a baton to be twirled she’ll damn well twirl it, but she also navigates a compelling historical journey and gives good script”
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Revolution in Ruins: The Hugo Chávez Story
“This was dispassionate analysis, and it was all the more riveting for it”
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Pothole Wars
“Even the most avid motorist will be bored after an hour of gazing at cracked Tarmac”
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Call the Midwife
“I counted a mere 13 minutes before the first bleat of a freshly delivered infant was heard and a soppy grin spread across my face”
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Flirty Dancing
“By some sort of New Year miracle, it defied all expectations to be enchanting and really rather lovely.”
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Cleaning Up
“There is not quite enough story but, overall, this is the kind of solid, well-made nonsense that is such a rare and precious joy.”
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Catastrophe
“It is as warmly vicious, and viciously warm, as it has always been, and its acid tone cuts through with as much originality as it did in 2015”
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Brexit: The Uncivil War
“Somewhere along the line James Graham seems to have succumbed to the dramatist’s temptation of falling in love with his subject.”
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Back in Time for School
“The sheer likeability of the participants made for an engaging pop-historical romp”
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The ‘Christmas’ Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
“Full of stunning snowscapes and copious swearing, this was an enlightening, amusing jaunt”
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World Cup: Summer Of Love
“It was stirring to hear once again the sage words of manager Gareth Southgate”
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The Long Song
“A beautiful, moving, horrifying adaptation of her unsimple tale, that honours the source and its subject”