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Rachel Cooke

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

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The history of now

  • 28 June 2007
  • 3 comments

This is the definitive documentary about the Blair era - for the moment, at least
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair
Channel 4

Just a material girl

  • 21 June 2007
  • 1 comment

The writers of this sex discrimination drama can't avoid their own prejudices
Sex, the City and Me BBC2

Opportunity knocks once more

  • 14 June 2007

The performers may be amateurs, but their passion is genuinely moving
Britain's Got Talent
ITV1

In praise of stately homes and giant carrots

  • 07 June 2007

Alan Titchmarsh and David Dimbleby create a celebratory frenzy of Britishness
How We Built Britain BBC1
The Great British Village Show BBC1

Shop 'til you drop

  • 04 June 2007

Not even the latest TV bully will stop the relentless advance of big chains
Mary, Queen of Shops BBC2

Meet the millionaire tramps

  • 28 May 2007

Watching the rich play homeless for the cameras is a depressing spectacle
Filthy Rich and Homeless BBC3
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain BBC2

A low-budget love affair

  • 21 May 2007

Was du Maurier's sexuality really the most important thing about her?
Daphne, BBC2
Rick Stein in du Maurier Country, BBC2

Journeys with a camera

  • 14 May 2007
  • 2 comments

Jonathan Meades is irritating, but this is a ravishing, quirky travel documentary
Jonathan Meades: abroad again
BBC2
Gavin Stamp's Orient Express
Channel 5

The real price of cheap food

  • 07 May 2007

A moving film uncovers the rural world abandoned by new Labour
The Lie of the Land Channel 4

This diary looks good on paper

  • 30 April 2007

Despite its best efforts, BBC4 proves that a comic classic is impossible to film
The Diary of a Nobody
BBC4

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