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When two stars collide

When two stars collide

The highbrow South Bank Show is as celebrity-driven as crummy reality TV

In television

A dangerous experiment

  • By Rachel Cooke
  • 24 April

This appalling documentary was exploitative and irresponsible
The Doctor Who Hears Voices Channel 4

Death by "dramedy"

  • By Rachel Cooke
  • 17 April

US series aiming for kooky charm comes across as cloying instead
Pushing Daisies
ITV1

Who's the daddy?

  • By Stephen Armstrong
  • 10 April

Donald Sutherland is a veteran Hollywood activist who in the 1970s made anti-Vietnam films with Jane Fonda. Those heady days pale in comparison to today's political battles.

No laughing matter

  • By Rachel Cooke
  • 10 April

Great acting aside, this series on the lives of comedians has been a let-down
Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
BBC4

It's good to be back

  • By Rachel Cooke
  • 03 April

The former hostage makes a moving return to the scene of his kidnap
Brian Keenan: Back to Beirut
BBC2

All shapes and sizes

  • By Annalisa Barbieri
  • 03 April

High-street designers could learn a lot from the world of film.

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A sobering experience

A sobering experience

Is this the beginning of the end for tabloid-style TV news? Let's hope so
Ten O'Clock NewsBBC1
News at Ten ITV1

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