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
The call of the weird
- 10 July 2008
- 1 comment
Knights Templar, comedy accents and giant snails? It must be silly season
Bonekickers BBC1
Lab Rats BBC2
Television
All the wrong lines
- 03 July 2008
- 2 comments
Fine performances are wasted on a script that tries too hard to be "relevant"
Criminal Justice BBC1
Television
I just can't get you out of my head
- 26 June 2008
- 9 comments
For some reason, I keep imagining Jeremy Clarkson in his underpants
Top Gear
BBC2
Television
Before the age of reality TV
- 19 June 2008
A look back to 1988 suggests that we've lost the art of making documentaries
Afghantsi
More4
Television
The making of Margaret
- 12 June 2008
Did sexism help to shape Thatcher's icy persona? This drama suggests it did
Margaret Thatcher: the Long Walk to Finchley
BBC4
Television
Who comes up with this stuff?
- 05 June 2008
- 7 comments
The BBC fulfils its public service remit with some truly awful programmes
This Week, Florence Nightingale
BBC1
The Culture Show, Women in BlackBBC2
Television
The original trout pout
- 29 May 2008
We shrug off Mary Whitehouse as a relic of the past at our own peril
Filth: the Mary Whitehouse Story
BBC2
Television
An epidemic of self-pity
- 22 May 2008
Reality shows like this one encourage people to wallow in their own misery
The Duchess in Hull
ITV1
Television
Fear and loathing in Jerusalem
- 15 May 2008
- 10 comments
Two documentaries explore the corrosive effects of conflict on Israeli society
The Battle for Jerusalem/ My Israel BBC4
Television
When two stars collide
- 08 May 2008
- 1 comment
The highbrow South Bank Show is as celebrity-driven as crummy reality TV
