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Next of Kin

2018-01-16T09:43:00Z

“A second episode that seemed interested only in piling on as much convoluted conspiracy-thriller cliché as possible”
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The Coronation

2018-01-15T10:13:00Z

”It was fascinating to watch the public persona be briefly set aside”
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Transformation Street

2018-01-12T10:08:00Z

“A sensitive, moving and often harrowing documentary”
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Kiri

2018-01-11T09:41:00Z

”Jack Thorne’s script was a complex study of human frailty, concerned with raising difficult but vital questions”
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School for Stammerers

2018-01-10T09:45:00Z

“A remarkable documentary, told simply and respectfully.”
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Next of Kin

2018-01-09T10:06:00Z

“A credible, thoughtful and timely thriller that thus far isn’t thumpingly clichéd, but nuanced and complex”
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Hard Sun; Michael Palin: A Life on Screen

2018-01-08T10:29:00Z

“Hard Sun crams more plot into the opening episode than most series manage over their entire run.”
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Derry Girls; A House Through Time

2018-01-05T10:02:00Z

“The period is recreated with care, and the script is affectionate, foul-mouthed and funny.”
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Girlfriends; Miriam’s Big American Adventure

2018-01-04T10:31:00Z

“This rollicking menopausal melodrama boasts an all-star cast and a writer at the height of her powers.”
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Inside No. 9; The Real T. Rex with Chris Packham

2018-01-03T09:56:00Z

“While not one of their most chilling or profound efforts, it was certainly among their finest technical achievements. And crucially, very funny.”
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McMafia; Sue Perkins and the Chimp Sanctuary

2018-01-02T10:07:00Z

I fear it’s too dense to be the sexy thriller of 2018 that everyone so wants it to be”
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Joanna & Jennifer: Absolutely Champers

2017-12-22T09:54:00Z

”This documentary didn’t so much tour the celebrated vineyards of Champagne as stagger about with a magnum in its fist”
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Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees

2017-12-21T09:57:00Z

”Dame Judi does delight quite vividly, with a girlish gasp and extra twinkling”
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Shamed; The League Of Gentlemen

2017-12-20T09:54:00Z

”What could have been a shatteringly timely piece resonating with the zeitgeist was instead a bit of a damp squib”
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The League of Gentlemen; Birds of a Feather

2017-12-19T09:55:00Z

”For everyone who was in the club, this revival will be like Christmas, even if that doesn’t sound right, biblically”
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Feud: Bette and Joan; Alternativity

2017-12-18T09:57:00Z

“The script fizzes with one-liners”
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Extraordinary Teens: School of Life and Deaf

2017-12-15T10:05:00Z

”Real life doesn’t always provide the Disney moment as we saw last night”
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Vanished by the Lake; Detectorists

2017-12-14T11:01:00Z

”The titular lake makes Broadchurch’s Jurassic Coast look like a Butlin’s car park on a grey day in February”
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World’s Most Expensive Presents

2017-12-13T10:13:00Z

“This show fawned over the ‘luxury goods’ merchants and their tawdry creations as shamelessly as gossip columnists at a movie premiere.”
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Bancroft; Nigella’s Christmas Table

2017-12-12T10:09:00Z

”It’s fizzy and crisp and slips down without having to think too much”