All Critics articles – Page 94
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CriticsADHD and Me; Taskmaster; Paul O'Grady
“While this documentary covered all the bases, Bremner seemed to be there partly to distract us from finding it a bit of a plod.”
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CriticsLittle Boy Blue; The Boss; The Island
“Powerful viewing, not always easy, and never letting us forget.”
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CriticsThe Durrells; Grantchester; Man Made Planet
“The Durrells is machine-tooled family-friendly escapism just when we need it most.”
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CriticsBorn to Kill; Mind over Marathon; Dial ‘B’ for Britain
“Fantastically claustrophobic and grim – the stuff of parental nightmares.”
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CriticsConfessions of a Junior Doctor; Reported Missing; How to Live Mortgage Free; Debatable
“This series should be essential viewing for voters ahead of June’s snap general election.”
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CriticsHow to Live Longer; First Dates; Nature’s Wildest Weapons; Billy Connolly & Me
“The title, like much of the science, was misleading flummery. If you’d come for practical information, you were in the wrong place.”
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CriticsHunting the KGB Killers; Inside The Freemasons; Nature's Weirdest Events
“This was a timely insight into the dark side of President Vladimir Putin’s post-Soviet superpower.”
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CriticsThe Knowledge; Reported Missing; Into the Wind
“It’s a documentary for a generation brought up on reality television: the style and the surface are all there, but the depth is missing.”
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CriticsPeter Kay’s Car Share; Our Friend Victoria
“Into their deceptively simple set-up, Kay and his co-writers pour wit, warmth and a whole lot of heart.”
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CriticsWarship; Devon and Cornwall Cops; Amazing Hotels
“Warship is just like every other documentary about the navy you have ever seen.”
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CriticsLine of Duty; Decline and Fall; Prime Suspect 1973; Homeland
“If you haven’t seen the latest heart-stopping instalment of Line Of Duty, down tools and watch it right now.”
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CriticsThe Trip to Spain; Alone With The In-Laws; Rich House Poor House
“It’s brilliant, hilarious, the funniest thing since The Trip to Italy.”
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CriticsMe and My Dog: the Ultimate Contest; Second Chance Summer: Tuscany; Henry IX
It was hard to take against a show that was so determinedly low key, puppyishly eager to please
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CriticsCatastrophe; The Secret Surrealist; One Born Every Minute
It was a dedication to Carrie Fisher. And then those rising tears became real too.
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CriticsChild of Our Time; Broadchurch; Harlots; The Nightly Show
It will be sad to say goodbye to the Child in Our Time cohort.
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CriticsSpying on the Royals; Line of Duty
This was explosive stuff, backed up by documents from the National Archives whose very existence was denied for decades.
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CriticsGalapagos; The Good Fight; Three Wives, One Husband
“By the standards of Planet Earth II, felt a little workaday – but then, what doesn’t?”
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CriticsBrian Pern; MasterChef; Bare Knuckle Fight Club; The Repair Shop
“The genius of the show is that every rock cliche is skewered, often in background gags that flash past in a moment.”
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CriticsRio Ferdinand; Fake!; Inside Kensington Palace
“An uncompromising, soul-baring examination of grief.”
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CriticsHarlots; Amazing Hotels; The Repair Shop
“There was a hint of soap opera in the air, but Harlots succeeds because it refuses to take itself too seriously.”