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
Thank you for sending me an angel
- 16 April 2009
Skellig: Sky 1 The Department Store: BBC2
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
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
Television
The art of darkness
- 12 February 2009
This compelling period piece is far more sinister than its critics have argued Mad Men BBC4
