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Carol Midgley

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The Scarecrows' Wedding (2025) 3/5 EDIT “It was charming, a little breath of fresh summer air. ” – The Times (UK) Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Accidental Tourist (2025) 2/5 EDIT “The surprise to me about this show — which has echoes of Karl Pilkington’s An Idiot Abroad but is less funny — was that it was better than I expected. ” – The Times (UK) Dec 18, 2025 Full Review The Salt Path Scandal (2025) 4/5 EDIT “What a fascinatingly tawdry tale this is, and what an excellent documentary too.” – The Times (UK) Dec 18, 2025 Full Review Unforgivable (2025) 4/5 EDIT “If any up-and-coming actor wants a masterclass in restrained acting then they should study [Bobby Schofield's] eloquent silences, the way he can make a husky, sullen, mumbled Scouse “yeah” heavily pregnant with meaning.” – The Times (UK) Jul 29, 2025 Full Review Brianna: A Mother's Story (2025) 4/5 EDIT “ If it were in a horror film, it would feel far-fetched.” – The Times (UK) Apr 7, 2025 Full Review Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare (2024) 70% 2/5 EDIT “Sweet Bobby does raise more questions than it answers, leaving you with the sense that you’re not getting the full picture. ” – The Times (UK) Oct 18, 2024 Full Review Atomic People (2024) 100% EDIT “The general tone of this thoughtful film was one of concern for humanity. These people, documenting the past to safeguard the future, cared desperately about a world they will soon depart.” – The Times (UK) Aug 2, 2024 Full Review NBC's Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony in IMAX (2024) 43% 3/5 EDIT “This was a ceremony that showed great imagination but which was partly thwarted by the gamble on staging it outside. If this had all been done indoors it would have had far more impact. ” – The Times (UK) Jul 29, 2024 Full Review Milli Vanilli (2023) 100% 4/5 EDIT “... The documentary suffers slightly from the absence of Farian, who declined to be interviewed. Still, it’s an enlightening 106 minutes about how the pop industry can work.” – The Times (UK) Oct 31, 2023 Full Review All That Breathes (2022) 99% 4/5 EDIT “Simple in its slow, calm storytelling, but profound in the philosophical points it raised about how we are all connected in the vast ecosystem.” – The Times (UK) Feb 9, 2023 Full Review Lancaster (2022) 100% 4/5 EDIT “In the end this was less a film about the Lancaster bomber as a piece of military hardware, and more about what it meant to those young men, some only teenagers, who risked their lives in it. ” – The Times (UK) Jul 29, 2022 Full Review Endangered (2022) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Thoughtful, depressing and, if you’re a journalist, utterly enraging documentary. Actually scrub that... [it] should be disturbing for everyone capable of critical thought... ” – The Times (UK) Jun 30, 2022 Full Review Navalny (2022) 97% 5/5 EDIT “An emotional rollercoaster of a film...” – The Times (UK) Apr 26, 2022 Full Review Mission: Joy (Finding Happiness in Troubled Times) (2021) 83% 4/5 EDIT “The documentary lasted 80 minutes but the message was beautifully succinct.” – The Times (UK) Feb 28, 2022 Full Review Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022) 93% 4/5 EDIT “If you haven't had enough sugar this Christmas an overdose on this Harry Potter reunion extravaganza should rectify that.” – The Times (UK) Dec 31, 2021 Full Review Four Hours at the Capitol (2021) 89% 4/5 EDIT “Outstanding.” – The Times (UK) Oct 27, 2021 Full Review Help (2021) 100% 5/5 EDIT “It is rare that a TV drama manages to be agonising and compelling; unbearable yet utterly immersive. Help was such a drama.” – The Times (UK) Oct 20, 2021 Full Review Killing Escobar (2021) 88% 4/5 EDIT “The only times he seemed close to faltering was when his father was mentioned; right there you saw the legacy of toxic parenting, man handing on misery to man.” – The Times (UK) Jul 20, 2021 Full Review Diana (2021) 80% 4/5 EDIT “Yes it was one-sided and yes it was a homage, but it seemed to be offering something fresh -- and with a Diana documentary it's not often you can say that.” – The Times (UK) Jun 28, 2021 Full Review Friends: The Reunion (2021) 67% 2/5 EDIT “Oh. My. God. Could this have BEEN any more schmaltzy?” – The Times (UK) Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes (2020) 91% 3/5 EDIT “However, in tone you felt it was a tribute that Derbyshire, whose tapes were discovered in cereal boxes in 2001, shortly after her death, would have enjoyed. Like her, it was unconventional.” – The Times (UK) May 17, 2021 Full Review Danny Boy (2021) 70% 4/5 EDIT “It was a thoughtful, non-melodramatic meditation on what we expect of soldiers in the heat of battle and on the tightrope of maintaining decency in war.” – The Times (UK) May 17, 2021 Full Review Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause (2021) 4/5 EDIT “McCall was candid about her menopause at age 44 and kept the programme information-dense, the data clearly explained. There were gimmicks.” – The Times (UK) May 17, 2021 Full Review Fake Famous (2021) 73% 3/5 EDIT “Occasionally the film, with its buzzy vibe, felt as superficial as the industry it was sending up. However, it was entertaining.” – The Times (UK) Apr 2, 2021 Full Review The Mole Agent (2020) 95% 35 EDIT “Sounds depressing. Its big reveal was that it was often the exact opposite. Sweet, charming and poignant, it was a meditation on growing old, loneliness and making a life when confined in an institution.” – The Times (UK) Mar 30, 2021 Full Review
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