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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Television
Lost in translation
- 04 December 2008
Authenticity wins over spontaneity in this Swedish-set detective series
Wallander BBC1
Television
It's not the end of the world
- 27 November 2008
- 5 comments
We love a good disaster fantasy, but this one is too slick to become a classic
Survivors
BBC1
Television
The revolution will be televised
- 20 November 2008
- 3 comments
A drama proves that England's radical past is something we should celebrate
The Devil's Whore
Channel 4
Television
The past in reconstruction
- 13 November 2008
Why spice up history? Secret Soviet deals with the Nazis is fascinating enough
World War II: Behind Closed Doors BBC2
Television
This is anything but escapism
- 06 November 2008
- 2 comments
A timely adaptation of Dickens is a metaphor for the credit card age
Little Dorrit
BBC1
Television
The John and Pauline show
- 30 October 2008
- 2 comments
An invitation to laugh at the Prescotts is motivated by plain old snobbery
Prescott: the Class System and Me
BBC2
Television
An old-fashioned misery memoir
- 23 October 2008
A study of Victoria's melancholy youth puts clever women on our screens again
Timewatch: Young Victoria
BBC2
Television
On the road to nowhere
- 16 October 2008
- 4 comments
If nothing else, Fry's ramble proves that class is alive and kicking in the US
Stephen Fry in America
BBC1
Television
Nothing new under the sun
- 09 October 2008
This comedy-drama aims for warmth but settles for warmed-over gags
Sunshine BBC1
Television
What does it mean to be free?
- 02 October 2008
The life of America's elusive Founding Father provides a compelling narrative
John Adams More4
