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The Fixer (BBC2)

By Rachel Cooke - 05 February

Rachel Cooke loathes a makeover show packed with self-promotion.

We’ll Take Manhattan (BBC4)

By Rachel Cooke - 30 January

Rachel Cooke wonders: Was fashion in the 1960s really this wet?

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Jonathan Meades on France (BBC4)

By Rachel Cooke - 23 January

Rachel Cooke is mystified by a tour of tenuous connections in the Alsace.

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Latest Reviews

Eternal Law (ITV1)

By Rachel Cooke - 16 January

Rachel Cooke is entirely baffled by a soppy, celestial drama about lawyers.

A year in culture: Television

By Rachel Cooke - 12 December

Critics' Choice: The Best of 2011

Black Mirror (Channel 4)

By Rachel Cooke - 12 December

Rachel Cooke has a nauseous reaction to a joke-free satire.

3 comments

Profile / Interviews

"Twitter, at its worst, is a megaphone for lunatics"

By Helen Lewis-Hasteley - 26 October

Rob Brydon on Steve Coogan, Hackgate and the perils of celebrity.

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The NS Interview: Anna Friel, actor

By Helen Lewis-Hasteley - 12 September

“When I got pregnant, I thought: I’ll never be lonely again”

5 comments

The NS Interview: James Corden

By Sophie Elmhirst - 12 May

“I’m an attention-seeker. I’m useless at everything else”

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