All Critics articles – Page 94
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CriticsKat and Alfie: Redwater; Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest Woman
“Kat and Alfie thinks it’s Broadchurch meets The Wicker Man, but really it’s EastEnders somewhere else.”
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CriticsA Time to Live; Isis: The Origins of Violence; Michael Mosley v The Superbugs
“The one-off documentary offered a thought-provoking insight into the lives of people who know theirs will be cut short.”
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CriticsThree Girls; Horizon: Strange Signals from Outer Space!
“This is an important, necessary series: it is television as testament — but it is not entertainment on any level.”
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CriticsLittle Boy Blue; Ivanka Trump; Doctor In The House; The Day The Dinosaurs Died
“A satisfying conclusion to this respectful rendering of an unbearably sad story.”
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CriticsMexico; Eurovision Song Contest; Dara and Ed’s Road To Mandalay; The Durrells
“Flabbergasting photography, enthralling stories and a deep curiosity about man’s place in the natural world.”
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CriticsMorocco to Timbuktu; The Truth About Sleep; Born to Kill
“This is more like it — a voyage to strange lands with a companion who is a genuine traveller, not some smug comedian on an all-expenses-paid junket.”
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CriticsKing Charles III; Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport; Home
“King Charles III combines political drama and family conflict with astute observations about the state of our democracy”
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CriticsLong Lost Family: What Happened Next; Elizabeth I; Our Friend Victoria
“If this doesn’t make you blub, then you’re a liar, or a robot, or both.”
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CriticsLoaded; Mind the Age Gap; Panorama
“It’s a fun premise and has lots of potential, but isn’t laugh out loud – yet.”
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CriticsBabs; Road To Mandalay; Britain Today Tonight; Jamestown
“Babs was undoubtedly rose-tinted in parts, but it was also heart-warming and a joyfully camp tribute to a national treasure.”
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CriticsThe Truth About Stress; Born To Kill; Car Crash Britain; Joanna Lumley’s Postcards
“It felt as though it had been put together by a handful of junior researchers, too young to know what real stress was.”
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CriticsTrust Me, I’m a Vet; Britain’s Nuclear Bomb; Panorama
“The experiments were uninspiring and the conclusions weak and unsurprising.”
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CriticsHorizon; British Jews, German Passports; Great British Menu; Extreme Cake Makers
“This felt like a particularly important episode of the BBC’s landmark series.”
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CriticsLine Of Duty; American Gods; Doctor Who
“This is less like watching TV, more like being abducted by it, cuffed then dragged along.”
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CriticsLocked Up; Bucket; Born to Kill; Mind Over Marathon; The Detectives
“This is both a tremendously silly and fantastically taut thriller that carries itself at a breathless pace.”
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CriticsParagon; Reported Missing; Me and My Dog; Confessions of a Junior Doctor; How To Live Mortgage Free
“The programme felt oddly skewed, leaving the viewer emotionally underinvested.”
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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.”