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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.

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TV and Radio
Too much of a good thing
12 March 2009

A Gavin and Stacey spin-off is long on fat jokes but short on belly laughs
Horne a

TV and Radio
Darkness doesn’t always mean authenticity
05 March 2009

David Peace’s Yorkshire thrillers make fantastic TV but dubious history

Red Riding

UK Politics
The shadows of shadows
26 February 2009

Lindsay Duncan is the latest actor to portray Margaret Thatcher in drama, but the lady herself remai

UK Politics
Determined not to be impressed
19 February 2009

Away from politics, Paxman's bulldog interviewing style hits a wrong note

The Victorian

TV and Radio
The art of darkness
12 February 2009

This compelling period piece is far more sinister than its critics have argued

Mad Men

TV and Radio
Grotesque, glorious nonsense
05 February 2009

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

Whitechapel

International Politics
Macho, macho men
29 January 2009

It's too soon for the gleeful realism of this drama about the invasion of Iraq

Generation

UK Politics
History's not what it used to be
22 January 2009

This documentary assumes little or no knowledge on the part of the viewer

Christianity: a

TV and Radio
Food for thought
15 January 2009

Two unsqueamish chefs adopt a very civilised approach to some unusual dishes

Could You Ea

TV and Radio
Unsentimental education
08 January 2009

Two programmes show the right and the wrong ways to revive an old idea

Oz and James D

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