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Love in the Countryside

2018-05-03T09:01:00Z

”Quite what the point of this show was, it’s hard to gauge.”
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My F-ing Tourette’s Family

2018-05-02T08:58:00Z

“A very basic delivery of a very basic story”
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The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci

2018-05-01T09:01:00Z

“Rather absorbing in a cut-and-paste kind of way”
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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”
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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?”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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The Woman in White

2018-04-23T09:09:00Z

“A pacy, assured take on a novel to which every modern mystery writer is indebted”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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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”
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The Class of Mum and Dad

2018-04-11T09:08:00Z

“Rather than learning about the dynamics of the playground, we’re just watching another reality show”
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Secret Agent Selection

2018-04-10T08:40:00Z

“It was all quite fun and the historical snippets were interesting”
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Killing Eve

2018-04-09T10:35:00Z

“Slickly made and mightily entertaining, Killing Eve brings a new energy to the well-worn game of cat-and-mouse staged by many a murder mystery.”
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The City & The City

2018-04-09T09:05:00Z

“This feels like last year’s SS-GB with extra lashings of gloomy cynicism”