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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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This is how to grow old gracefully
02 August 2007

Here's hoping for a third series of this fascinating and understated drama

Sensitive Skin

TV and Radio
A dose of reality
26 July 2007

Stories of inequality in London prove that the BBC can still do documentaries

The Tower

TV and Radio
Toys for the boys
19 July 2007

Why has this silly man been given his own, eponymous programme?

James May's 20th Century<

TV and Radio
Clean up your act, Courteney
12 July 2007

American TV is in poor health, on the evidence of this dull and preachy drama

Dirt

TV and Radio
Goodbye to all that
05 July 2007

As an ex-smoker, I was hooked on this by-numbers documentary

Memoirs of a Cigarette

TV and Radio
The history of now
28 June 2007

This is the definitive documentary about the Blair era - for the moment, at least

The Ris

TV and Radio
Just a material girl
21 June 2007

The writers of this sex discrimination drama can't avoid their own prejudices

Sex, the Cit

TV and Radio
Opportunity knocks once more
14 June 2007

The performers may be amateurs, but their passion is genuinely moving

Britain's Got Talent

TV and Radio
In praise of stately homes and giant carrots
07 June 2007

Alan Titchmarsh and David Dimbleby create a celebratory frenzy of Britishness

How We Built

TV and Radio
Shop 'til you drop
04 June 2007

Not even the latest TV bully will stop the relentless advance of big chains

Mary, Queen of

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