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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Death by "dramedy"

  • 17 April 2008

US series aiming for kooky charm comes across as cloying instead Pushing Daisies ITV1

No laughing matter

  • 10 April 2008
  • 2 comments

Great acting aside, this series on the lives of comedians has been a let-down Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me BBC4

It's good to be back

  • 03 April 2008

The former hostage makes a moving return to the scene of his kidnap Brian Keenan: Back to Beirut BBC2

Too cute for comfort

  • 27 March 2008
  • 4 comments

This adaptation was just as sentimental and patronising as the original novel The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency BBC1

Characters you can care about

  • 19 March 2008

The sentimental but kind and loving sitcom returns for a second series Gavin and Stacey BBC3

A national embarrassment

  • 13 March 2008
  • 8 comments

Never mind the food, Delia Smith's on-screen manner is hard to stomach Delia BBC2

Broadcaster on the rocks

  • 06 March 2008
  • 3 comments

ITV's fortunes will continue to slide if it keeps producing drama this awful Rock Rivals ITV

An old story behind every door

  • 28 February 2008

Sue Bourne's documentary turns her neighbours into tired stereotypes

How to get ahead in the media

  • 21 February 2008

What can a top TV producer learn from self-help books? Not a lot, it would seem

Bring on the giant rats

  • 14 February 2008

Adventure tourism is all the rage, but good TV needs more than bravado alone

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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