All Critics articles – Page 84

  • Trauma
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    Trauma; Collateral

    2018-02-13T09:55:00Z

    “Mike Bartlett, with his theatre background, knows how to hit that sweet spot between the viewer on their sofa and the back row of the stalls”

  • Modus
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    Modus

    2018-02-12T09:54:00Z

    “Modus isn’t clever, or subtle. It is bonkers, borderline preposterous, hammy as julskinka and out of keeping with the slot it occupies.”

  • James Bulger: A Mother's Story
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    James Bulger: A Mother’s Story

    2018-02-09T10:10:00Z

    “The account of James’s death has lost none of its power to disturb.”

  • My Millionaire Migrant Boss
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    My Millionaire Migrant Boss

    2018-02-08T10:32:00Z

    “This surprisingly touching programme was billed as a one-off but felt like a pilot for a potential full series.”

  • Flatpack Empire
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    Flatpack Empire

    2018-02-07T10:14:00Z

    “A touch more interesting than you would expect from a profile of a furniture chain”

  • The X-Files
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    The X-Files

    2018-02-06T09:55:00Z

    “This was truly out-there television, redeemed only by how seriously Anderson and Duchovny were determined to take it”

  • Endeavour
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    Endeavour

    2018-02-05T10:07:00Z

    “It was a tragic, complicated and totally preposterous storyline, but it adroitly ticked the Sunday-night drama box.”

  • Animals With Cameras
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    Animals with Cameras

    2018-02-02T09:53:00Z

    “So watchable that the camera crew should probably be worried”

  • Wonders of the Moon
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    Wonders of the Moon

    2018-02-01T10:21:00Z

    “On this evidence the moon, and everything about it, still retains an extraordinary power to fascinate.”

  • Can You Rebuild My Brain?
    Critics

    Can You Rebuild My Brain?

    2018-01-31T10:07:00Z

    “I’m not sure you could have asked for a more appealing guide than the smiling, perpetually astonished Lotje Sodderland”

  • Two Doors Down
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    Two Doors Down

    2018-01-30T09:48:00Z

    “The script contained some sharp-edged one-liners, and the show’s strong cast delivered them well.”

  • All Together Now
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    All Together Now

    2018-01-29T10:11:00Z

    “Feelgood fun, if not the answer to the BBC’s prime-time prayers”

  • A House Through Time
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    A House Through Time

    2018-01-26T09:58:00Z

    “This has been a fascinating way to storyboard social history and will no doubt be copied”

  • Stealing Van Gogh
    Critics

    Stealing Van Gogh

    2018-01-25T10:00:00Z

    “A fascinating look at how stolen art is used as a black-market currency”

  • Inside No. 9
    Critics

    Inside No. 9; Black Lightning

    2018-01-24T10:09:00Z

    ”A shocking, twisted conclusion that is breathtakingly impressive”

  • Great American Railroad Journeys
    Critics

    Great American Railroad Journeys

    2018-01-23T09:36:00Z

    “While Portillo might not be the most rigorous historian on our screens, he remains eminently watchable”

  • Call the Midwife
    Critics

    Call the Midwife

    2018-01-22T09:59:00Z

    “What we need at this time of year are home truths and heart-warming playlets. Call The Midwife delivers with gusto”

  • Britannia
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    Britannia

    2018-01-19T09:50:00Z

    “Jez and Tom Butterworth have created a historical drama full of serious actors that manages not to take itself too seriously.”

  • Millionaire's Ex-Wives Club
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    Millionaires’ Ex-Wives Club

    2018-01-18T10:19:00Z

    “This documentary was trying so hard to be serious-minded and not to snigger up its sleeve that it ended by being obsequious”

  • Inside No. 9
    Critics

    Inside No. 9

    2018-01-17T10:09:00Z

    “A masterclass in how to tell a crime story backwards.”