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
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
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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
Television
A sobering experience
- 01 May 2008
- 1 comment
Is this the beginning of the end for tabloid-style TV news? Let's hope so Ten O'Clock NewsBBC1 News at Ten ITV1
