TV Critics 15 October ‘08

Imagine... Dangerous Liaison: When Akram Met Juliette, BBC1
“Buried in this embarrassing film was, I am happy to say, a decent if uncritical profile of Akram Khan, whose claim to fame is that he fuses Kathak Indian dancing with modern dance. According to Alan Yentob, he is one of the best dancers in the world. The host wisely stayed for the most part out of Juliette Binoche's way.
Andrew Billen, The Times

Imagine... Dangerous Liaison: When Akram Met Juliette, BBC1
“Basically a posh Strictly Come Dancing.”
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

Dawn Porter: Geisha Girl, C4
“She [Dawn Porter] is an almost pathologically inoffensive presence, a born people-pleaser with a beguilingly vulnerable and confiding air on camera.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Dawn Porter: Geisha Girl, C4
“In spite of the faking it-style formula, this programme taught us a lot.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Jamie's Ministry of Food, C4
“This particular Jamie campaign sees the TV chef at his worst.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Jamie's Ministry of Food, C4
“Oliver's projects are always lightly seasoned with condescension and self-promotion, but the flavour of both here is now over-powering and distinctly unappetising.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Sunshine, BBC1
“BBC1's soppy comedy drama with all those good actors and writers, looks doomed. It is getting soppier and less comedic by the week.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

True Stories: Garbage Warrior, More 4
“[An] inspiring film.”
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

High Anxieties: the Mathematics of Chaos, BBC4
“As you'd expect from a Malone film, the presentation of this deep-dish, lecture-hall matter was tellingly poetic.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

British Style Genius, BBC2
“I had no idea there was so much to know and - for about threequarters of an hour-long programme - perfectly amenable to being told it. But after a while the niceties of lapel breadth and vent construction began to pall a little.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent