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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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Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC 1)
17 October 2011

Rachel Cooke bemoans the self-absorption of celebs uncovering their ancestry.

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Mary Queen of Frocks (Channel 4)
10 October 2011

Too much Mary Portas makes Rachel Cooke feel queasy and cross.

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Shirley (BBC 2)
03 October 2011

Rachel Cooke survives the clichés to enjoy a biopic of the great Welsh singer.

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Fresh Meat
26 September 2011

Rachel Cooke finds herself half amused by a sitcom charting student life

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Dinosaur, Myths and Monsters (BBC4) and The Body Farm (BBC1)
14 September 2011

Rachel Cooke is only mildly entertained by a dinosaur documentary.

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Appropriate Adult (ITV 1)
11 September 2011

Rachel Cooke is sickened but impressed by a portrait of murderers.

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Horizon: the Nine Months That Made You (BBC 2)
29 August 2011

Rachel Cooke applauds good old entertainment and is perplexed by biology.

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The Borgias (Sky Atlantic)
22 August 2011

Rachel Cooke winces at Jeremy Irons’s hammy performance as a pope.

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The Secret Life of Buildings (Channel 4)
15 August 2011

A perky guide makes grim office architecture a joy, says Rachel Cooke

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Great Thinkers in Their Own Words l The Highlands on Film (BBC4)
08 August 2011

This is how to make inspired use of the archives, writes Rachel Cooke

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