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Eventually the truth catches up
Jane Goodall
25 June 2019
Television
| Four decades on, Soviet scientist Valery Legasov is an unlikely figure for our times
Books & Arts
Softly, softly
Jane Goodall
11 June 2019
Television
| Do even the best interviews go far enough?
Books & Arts
A setback for The Letdown
Louise Merrington
28 May 2019
Television
| The award-winning comedy series moves back into the mainstream
Books & Arts
By the book
Jane Goodall
6 May 2019
Television
|
Manhunt
captures the strengths of a dogged but gripping police investigation
Books & Arts
Off the money
Jane Goodall
17 April 2019
Television
| Bigger thinking is needed on the small screen
Books & Arts
A tale of two prime ministers
Jane Goodall
26 March 2019
Television
| Waleed Aly’s encounters with Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the political interview
Books & Arts
A change in the atmosphere
Jane Goodall
18 March 2019
Television
| The different focus and register of season two of
Secret City
reflects a shift in Canberra itself
Books & Arts
A new immediacy
Jane Goodall
12 March 2019
Television
| A new series releases Australia’s past from the familiar black-and-white
Books & Arts
Reality bites
Jane Goodall
6 February 2019
Television
| ABC1’s new current affairs line-up needs to break the mould
Books & Arts
Smiling villainy
Jane Goodall
18 January 2019
Television
| Mike Bartlett’s take on newspaper rivalry has a special kind of fascination
Books & Arts
Far horizons
Jane Goodall
24 December 2018
Television
| The best three series of 2018
Books & Arts
What is civilisation anyway?
Janna Thompson
23 December 2018
Television
| The BBC’s big-budget remake illustrates how perspectives have changed
Books & Arts
Ferrante’s dangerous genius
Jane Goodall
6 December 2018
Television
| This carefully paced adaptation of
My Brilliant Friend
brings a corner of Naples to life
National Affairs
Would the real Malcolm Turnbull please stand up?
Jane Goodall
9 November 2018
As a politician, the former prime minister remains an enigma that
Q&A
couldn’t crack
Books & Arts
Asking the right questions
Jane Goodall
26 October 2018
Television
|
Doctor Who
meets
Broadchurch
in its latest incarnation
Books & Arts
Scandal as tragedy
Jane Goodall
8 October 2018
Television
| Awkward questions are raised by
A Very English Scandal
and
The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Books & Arts
Sound and fury, light and shade
Jane Goodall
28 August 2018
Television |
With just days to gather its material,
Four Corners
found a way to explore the human impact of power
Books & Arts
Neoclassical maelstrom
Jane Goodall
9 August 2018
Television
| With just one lapse, an exceptional cast has brought to life the anguished world of Edward St Aubyn
Books & Arts
Roads to recovery
Jane Goodall
11 July 2018
Television
| Behind the stereotypes, ABC TV’s
Back Roads
reveals a quiet rural revolution
National Affairs
The right story for the right place?
Jane Goodall
12 June 2018
The man most likely to be Australia’s next prime minister looks best up close
Books & Arts
Out there
Jane Goodall
6 June 2018
Television
| The ensemble-driven
Mystery Road
deserves to be a hit for the ABC
Essays & Reportage
Royal drama, with variations
Susan Lever
6 June 2018
A wedding, four plays and a TV series — do the British have something to teach us about scrutinising power?
Books & Arts
The clash of the panels
Jane Goodall
18 May 2018
Television
| In a fraught political environment,
The Drum
and
The Project
offer distinctive perspectives
Books & Arts
Life on Earth
Jane Goodall
1 May 2018
Television
| Two bold genre-busting crime series meet with mixed success
Books & Arts
Inside Cambridge Analytica
Jane Goodall
19 April 2018
Television
| Behind the algorithms, is this just an old-fashioned propaganda outfit with a thick veneer of spin?
Books & Arts
Crossing the border
Jane Goodall
30 March 2018
Television
| The crimes might stretch plausibility, but something keeps us watching this prime example of Nordic Noir
From the archive
The politician as hero
Jane Goodall
19 February 2018
Our TV critic reviews the ABC’s two-part documentary
Hawke: The Larrikin and the Leader
, first screened in February 2018
Books & Arts
Getting somewhere or going nowhere? Either prospect is inviting
Jane Goodall
15 January 2018
Television
| Our reviewer is gripped by SBS’s venture into slow TV
Books & Arts
Doubling down
Jane Goodall
8 January 2018
Television
| As the debate over violence in Melbourne intensifies,
Romper Stomper
ups the ante so high it loses touch with reality
Books & Arts
Down the rabbit hole
Jane Goodall
20 December 2017
Television
| The year’s viewing had an appropriate air of unreality
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