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 past in reconstruction
- 13 November 2008
Why spice up history? Secret Soviet deals with the Nazis is fascinating enough World War II: Behind Closed Doors BBC2
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This is anything but escapism
- 06 November 2008
- 2 comments
A timely adaptation of Dickens is a metaphor for the credit card age Little Dorrit BBC1
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The John and Pauline show
- 30 October 2008
- 2 comments
An invitation to laugh at the Prescotts is motivated by plain old snobbery Prescott: the Class System and Me BBC2
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An old-fashioned misery memoir
- 23 October 2008
A study of Victoria's melancholy youth puts clever women on our screens again Timewatch: Young Victoria BBC2
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On the road to nowhere
- 16 October 2008
- 4 comments
If nothing else, Fry's ramble proves that class is alive and kicking in the US Stephen Fry in America BBC1
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Nothing new under the sun
- 09 October 2008
This comedy-drama aims for warmth but settles for warmed-over gags Sunshine BBC1
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What does it mean to be free?
- 02 October 2008
The life of America's elusive Founding Father provides a compelling narrative John Adams More4
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Values and the market
- 25 September 2008
Has money stripped art of all meaning? Yes, argues the sage Robert Hughes Mona Lisa Curse Channel 4
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Family fortunes
- 18 September 2008
Can the revival of this fly-on-the-wall classic succeed in the 21st century? The Family Channel 4
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The same old story
- 11 September 2008
This tale of a twin towers fraudster is a fascinating one, but it's been told before Cutting Edge: the 9/11 Faker Channel 4









