All Critics articles – Page 96
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TV Critics: Puerto Rico; Made in Chelsea; Chopping Block; North Korean Kidnap; Travel Man
“This quietly uplifting film really pushed home the point that the continued survival of any endangered species is something to be roundly celebrated.”
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Vera; SS-GB; Dave’s Guide To Spending Money
“The problem with Vera is that absolutely everyone seems like an actor putting another entry on their CV.”
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The Last Kingdom; Smile! The Nation’s Family Album; Extremely British Muslims
“There was more than enough to keep us watching in the hope that Uhtred’s ongoing adventures will prove just as gorily satisfying as before.”
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Mystery of the Man on the Moor; Hidden Restaurants; The Royal House of Windsor; Midnight Sun
“It’s both totally engrossing and ultimately a bit disappointing.”
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The Replacement; The Best of British Takeaways; Inside No 9
“The masterfully ambiguous paranoia of the first two episodes gave way to a disappointingly clichéd, bunny-boiling conclusion.”
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Big Little Lies; The Nightly Show; How’d You Get So Rich?
“I haven’t been so excited by a drama since The Missing.”
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Geri’s 1990s; War Child; Down the Mighty River; SS-GB
“One of those tiresome conveyor belts of clips, commented upon by people who confuse their own experiences with those of the whole of mankind.”
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Rich Dog Poor Dog; Britain on the Fiddle; Prime Suspect 1973; Extremely British Muslims; Walks With My Dog
“Making gently life-affirming TV, it seems, is a walk in the park.”
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A Killing in My Family; Hidden Restaurants; The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun; Incredible Medicine
“Calm, rigorous, compassionate and unsentimental, it felt absolutely of a piece with the ethos of the work the charity was doing with the children.”
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Kate Humble; The Replacement; Inside No. 9
“It leaves you with a gentle yearning for an office with views of dewy mountains.”
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Mutiny; How’d You Get So Rich?; Broadchurch; The Nightly Show
“Mutiny was great, sadistically entertaining fun. We could have a ghoulish treat on our hands.”
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Top Gear; Lethal Weapon; Five Gold Rings
“This was a roaring return - and a vast improvement on last year’s car-crash attempt at reinventing the wheel.”
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Prime Suspect 1973; The Attack: Terror in the UK; A Very British Hotel
“It struggled to emerge both from the shadow of the magisterial original and from under the weight of expectations.”
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Little Big Shots; Benidorm; The Royal House of Windsor
“Little Big Shots is like the worst end of year school variety show you’ve ever seen.”
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The Replacement; Catastrophe; Inside No 9
“This is the juiciest melodrama since Doctor Foster.”
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Taboo; SS-GB; Rivers With Jeremy Paxman; Let It Shine
“A nigh-on perfect finale to a very flawed series.”
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Has Political Correctness Gone Mad?; Born Too White; Gap Year; Shop Well For Less?
“This was talking point TV – lively, engaging, doubtless a conversation-starter on sofas nationwide.”
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The Royal House of Windsor; Incredible Medicine; The Real Marigold Hotel
“Bristling with detail, quite a bit of it genuinely fresh, this is a series to watch.”
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Inside No. 9; The Drug Trial; Libya’s Migrant Hell
“This was a devilish confection with a haunting aftertaste.”