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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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The Returned and The Fall: Death warmed up
20 June 2013

A zombie thriller and a crime drama that ask you to suspend your disbelief.

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The Americans is Homeland without the hawks or the hysteria
13 June 2013

A thriller with a delicious setup - all credit to ITV for bagging it.

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My love of Jessica Hynes in Up the Women was almost enough to make me join Twitter
07 June 2013

Up the Women is adorable. Admittedly, it starts slowly, but the second episode is funny. Properly funny. And clever, too.

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Town on BBC2: Welcome to the bay to nowhere
29 May 2013

Oh, our poor towns. What on earth have they done to deserve all this attention?

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The Suspicions of Mr Whicher on ITV: Muddiness and the telly will never be wholly friends
28 May 2013

Kate Summerscale's book is very good indeed, but the drama only half-worked, the truth being complicated, elusive and, ultimately, a little prosaic.

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There are times when Vicious makes Are You Being Served? seem almost nuanced
10 May 2013

Reviewed: Vicious.

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Reviewed: Life of Crime
08 May 2013

Force of nature.

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Reviewed: The Politician’s Husband on BBC2
02 May 2013

Blond ambition.

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Reviewed: Victoria Wood’s Nice Cup of Tea
25 April 2013

Oh my Darjeeling.

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Reviewed: The Lady Vanishes by BBC1
27 March 2013

Technical Hitch.

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