Each episode furthers character development and aids its audience in feeling and caring for this motley band of hired help.

~ Darren Amner -

Each episode furthers character development and aids its audience in feeling and caring for this motley band of hired help.

~ Darren Amner -

You'll be humming the catchy chorus long after the credits have rolled.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

You'll be humming the catchy chorus long after the credits have rolled.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is England is, quite simply, the best British film for years. If you're underage, sneak into this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is England is, quite simply, the best British film for years. If you're underage, sneak into this film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Meadows' film oozes quality. The scripting feels natural and, thanks to long takes, Meadows is able to get the best performances from his young leads.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Meadows' film oozes quality. The scripting feels natural and, thanks to long takes, Meadows is able to get the best performances from his young leads.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A story like this could easily have been utterly bleak, despite the powerful music. It is to Cox's credit that he packs it full of energy and humour that keep one gripped right up until the end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A story like this could easily have been utterly bleak, despite the powerful music. It is to Cox's credit that he packs it full of energy and humour that keep one gripped right up until the end.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is a certain amount of retro charm to Sacha Bennett's film tale of print union strife and racing but it never really manages to break free from the small-screen shadow of the likes of Only Fools And Horses.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

There is a certain amount of retro charm to Sacha Bennett's film tale of print union strife and racing but it never really manages to break free from the small-screen shadow of the likes of Only Fools And Horses.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A savage deconstruction of Thatcherite beliefs in family.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A savage deconstruction of Thatcherite beliefs in family.

~ Scott Macdonald -

This is the kind of film that could easily be a disaster, but despite obvious budgetary limitations it acquits itself well.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is the kind of film that could easily be a disaster, but despite obvious budgetary limitations it acquits itself well.

~ Jennie Kermode -

John Williams' direction is good, managing to make stage magic look like stage magic while using screen magic to make photographs come alive.

~ Andrew Robertson -

John Williams' direction is good, managing to make stage magic look like stage magic while using screen magic to make photographs come alive.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Pawlkowski has retained the qualities that made Eastern European movies so memorable in the old days.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Pawlkowski has retained the qualities that made Eastern European movies so memorable in the old days.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Far too straight-laced and uptight to appeal to fans of either genre.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Far too straight-laced and uptight to appeal to fans of either genre.

~ Jennie Kermode -

More like a tragicomic fairytale than a social-realist examination of inner-city problems.

~ Robert Munro -

More like a tragicomic fairytale than a social-realist examination of inner-city problems.

~ Robert Munro -