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 224
Television
Dead on revival
- 23 April 2009
Dated and unfunny, this is one remake of a classic Seventies sitcom too far
Television
Gone, but not forgotten
- 09 April 2009
Northern Ireland is the backdrop for a provocative look at the politics of grief
Television
Preaching from the choir
- 02 April 2009
Surely the BBC doesn’t think that viewers will put up with this rubbish?
Television
The gimmicky chef achieves a new level of attention-grabbing silliness
- 26 March 2009
Heston’s Roman Feast
Channel 4
Television
Turn on, tune in, drop off
- 19 March 2009
- 1 comment
Round-the-clock reporting has not made Britain any better-informed
BBC News 24
Sky News
Television
Too much of a good thing
- 12 March 2009
A Gavin and Stacey spin-off is long on fat jokes but short on belly laughs
Horne and Corden
BBC3
Television
Darkness doesn’t always mean authenticity
- 05 March 2009
- 3 comments
David Peace’s Yorkshire thrillers make fantastic TV but dubious history
Red Riding
Channel 4
Arts & Culture
The shadows of shadows
- 26 February 2009
Lindsay Duncan is the latest actor to portray Margaret Thatcher in drama, but the lady herself remains elusive, a mystery to us, as she was to herself
Television
Determined not to be impressed
- 19 February 2009
Away from politics, Paxman's bulldog interviewing style hits a wrong note
The Victorians
BBC1
