Rachel Cooke
Rachel Cooke trained as a reporter on The Sunday Times. She is now a writer at The Observer. In the 2006 British Press Awards, she was named Interviewer of the Year.
Articles by Rachel Cooke
Results 11 to 20 of 193
Television
The same old story
- 11 September 2008
This tale of a twin towers fraudster is a fascinating one, but it's been told before
Cutting Edge: the 9/11 Faker Channel 4
Television
The plot thickens
- 04 September 2008
- 2 comments
This dumbed-down take on a literary classic patronises its female audience
Lost in Austen
ITV1
Television
Dramedy by numbers
- 28 August 2008
A clichéd comedy about grown-ups and suicide is no laughing matter
Mutual Friends
BBC1
Television
You're not who we think you are
- 21 August 2008
- 3 comments
Chinks in Johnson's charm armoury appear in a look at his colourful ancestry
Who Do You Think You Are?
BBC1
Television
The feel of what's real
- 14 August 2008
A drum'n'bass star saves this baton camp from being a dead loss
Maestro BBC2
Television
A very public act of charity
- 07 August 2008
There's something suspect about this reality show that promotes giving
The Secret Millionaire Channel 4
Television
Outrageous fortune
- 31 July 2008
- 1 comment
Inspired drama gives a Shakespearean dimension to a tale of Iraq's first family
House of Saddam
BBC2
Television
Three cheers for the X factor
- 24 July 2008
- 4 comments
What makes a man gay? The question, mercifully, is too complex to answer
The Making of Me
BBC1
Television
Lost in translation
- 17 July 2008
- 2 comments
Eighty minutes doesn't do justice to one of the world's seminal texts
The Quran
Channel 4
Television
The call of the weird
- 10 July 2008
- 1 comment
Knights Templar, comedy accents and giant snails? It must be silly season
Bonekickers BBC1
Lab Rats BBC2
