All Critics articles – Page 81

  • Joan Bakewell
    Critics

    Vive la Revolution!

    2018-05-10T08:46:00Z

    “It really made you feel what it was like to be there at that time, as a young person full of dreams”

  • Back To The Land With Kate Humble
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    Back to the Land

    2018-05-09T09:13:00Z

    “An interesting and entertaining hour, as reminiscent of the entrepreneurial Dragon’s Den as it is Countryfile”

  • Peter Kay's Car Share Unscripted
    Critics

    Car Share Unscripted

    2018-05-08T09:10:00Z

    “What a lovely amuse-bouche this was as we eagerly await the main course”

  • Syria: The World's War
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    Syria: The World’s War

    2018-05-04T08:48:00Z

    “If you want a thoughtful, intelligent and, naturally, thoroughly depressing recent history of Syria, you have it here.”

  • Love In The Countryside
    Critics

    Love in the Countryside

    2018-05-03T09:01:00Z

    ”Quite what the point of this show was, it’s hard to gauge.”

  • My F-ing Tourette's Family
    Critics

    My F-ing Tourette’s Family

    2018-05-02T08:58:00Z

    “A very basic delivery of a very basic story”

  • The Genius Of Leonrdo Da Vinci
    Critics

    The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci

    2018-05-01T09:01:00Z

    “Rather absorbing in a cut-and-paste kind of way”

  • Invitation To A Royal Wedding
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    Invitation to a Royal Wedding

    2018-04-30T08:57:00Z

    “It all looked fantastic, and the various interviewees who had been allowed onto the guest lists gave good quote”

  • Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
    Critics

    Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

    2018-04-27T08:57:00Z

    “It was a gripping recap of what an arrogant shit Shipman was… But the programme didn’t much address the big unanswered question: why?”

  • Britain's Fat Fight With Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
    Critics

    Britain’s Fat Fight

    2018-04-26T08:50:00Z

    “Hugh makes a subject that could be joyless and preachy a bit of a giggle – and highly watchable TV”

  • The Split - index
    Critics

    The Split

    2018-04-25T09:00:00Z

    “It’s a bit like the mighty US drama The Good Wife lathered by a bar of Kay Mellor soap — sharp-suited, but mushy underneath”

  • Westworld
    Critics

    Westworld

    2018-04-24T08:49:00Z

    “While this extra-long first episode isn’t perfect, it nevertheless suggests the presence of a newfound gusto and energy”

  • The Woman In White
    Critics

    The Woman in White

    2018-04-23T09:09:00Z

    “A pacy, assured take on a novel to which every modern mystery writer is indebted”

  • True Horror
    Critics

    True Horror

    2018-04-20T08:37:00Z

    “It felt vague, as if there were not enough material to fill the hour so it used horror film techniques to make viewers jump”

  • The Secret Life Of The zoo
    Critics

    The Secret Life of the Zoo

    2018-04-19T09:03:00Z

    “It does well with what is probably about 1 per cent of Planet Earth’s budget”

  • Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation
    Critics

    Stephen: The Murder That Changed a Nation

    2018-04-18T09:01:00Z

    “There have been many other films about Stephen’s murder, but none so exhaustive and meticulous”

  • The Queen's Green Planet
    Critics

    The Queen’s Green Planet

    2018-04-17T09:00:00Z

    “Much has been written about ‘slow television’, but you would struggle to find anything more soporifically relaxing than this”

  • My Year With The Tribe
    Critics

    My Year With the Tribe

    2018-04-16T08:55:00Z

    “It turns into an ethical quagmire and I am not sure that My Year With the Tribe escapes from it simply by addressing that fact”

  • Living With The Brainy Bunch
    Critics

    Living With the Brainy Bunch

    2018-04-13T08:37:00Z

    “Exploitative, heartless television, which offered a completely impractical solution to the problem of disaffected pupils”

  • Bacchus uncovered
    Critics

    Bacchus Uncovered: Ancient God of Ecstasy

    2018-04-12T08:55:00Z

    “Bettany achieved the unlikely feat of making Bacchus Uncovered relevant to young party-goers and archeologists alike”