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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Grotesque, glorious nonsense

  • 05 February 2009

This whodunnit may not win points for originality, but it's exciting stuff Whitechapel ITV1

Macho, macho men

  • 29 January 2009

It's too soon for the gleeful realism of this drama about the invasion of Iraq Generation Kill FX Friday Night with Jonathan Ross BBC1

History's not what it used to be

  • 22 January 2009
  • 4 comments

This documentary assumes little or no knowledge on the part of the viewer Christianity: a History Channel 4

Food for thought

  • 15 January 2009

Two unsqueamish chefs adopt a very civilised approach to some unusual dishes Could You Eat an Elephant? Channel 4

Unsentimental education

  • 08 January 2009
  • 1 comment

Two programmes show the right and the wrong ways to revive an old idea Oz and James Drink to Britain BBC2 The Diary of Anne Frank BBC1

Service to the public

  • 18 December 2008
  • 2 comments

Those who damned the BBC clearly didn't watch enough of its programmes

What to watch over Christmas

  • 18 December 2008

More questions than answers

  • 11 December 2008
  • 12 comments

This prurient and trivial documentary was yet another missed opportunity The Pregnant Man (Cutting Edge) Channel 4

Lost in translation

  • 04 December 2008
  • 1 comment

Authenticity wins over spontaneity in this Swedish-set detective series Wallander BBC1

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

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Cloud control

Cloud control

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Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

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Will Self

On brands

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Film review

A Serious Man

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