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
Occupation
- 18 June 2009
Someone should send Tony Blair a DVD of this superb drama about Iraq
Television
Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
- 11 June 2009
Is this comic fantasy series a cult hit in the making – or just one for the nerds?
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Britain's Got Talent
- 04 June 2009
Reality television is a vessel for feelings that dare not speak their name
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Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”
- 28 May 2009
A certain historian needs to learn that he isn’t necessarily the main attraction
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Do not adjust your set
- 21 May 2009
Samantha Morton’s film about children in care is the latest in a string of ambitious new Channel 4 dramas. Has the broadcaster, long derided as the purveyor of trashy reality TV, cleaned up its act?
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Bonding over the baroque
- 14 May 2009
A series about the history of English music is a bit too anxious to please
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Talking about a revolution
- 07 May 2009
The tedium of the negotiating table stifles a drama about the end of apartheid
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The estate we’re in
- 30 April 2009
Executive egos tower over the listed buildings in this masterly satire
Television
Dead on revival
- 23 April 2009
Dated and unfunny, this is one remake of a classic Seventies sitcom too far
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Thank you for sending me an angel
- 16 April 2009
Skellig: Sky 1 The Department Store: BBC2
