Dawn Porter is to my mind the female version of Louis Theroux . They both have the gift of being able to get people to open up to them and to reveal more than you'd usually see in a run of the mill documentary. I have been a fan of Louis'...

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google_ad_section_start This is a documentary about Yunnis Abbas, Iraqi journalist and reporter, who was once tortured by Uday Hussein for writing an article about the embargo. 5 years later as he was returning from a dance party he was arrested by...

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<p>What started out exactly as we all expected, hilarious car-crash TV, because pretty boring by about half way. Shock horror, Bill Cullen sent them to...</p>

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This is the Masterchef I want to see. Forget the amateurs and the celebrities, I don't want to see mediocre cheffing, I want to see professionals who have passion for food, talent for cooking and can inspire me. This short series came to a...

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Living The Dream on RTE isn't bad. Mother &amp; daughter run a boutique hotel in Bordeaux for a week. Little drama but watchable. 4/5 maybe?

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Documentary abt 3 women and their obsession with moggies. Roasting chickens for them; PJs for the hairless ones; wash n blow dry and make-up for the white fluffy one (think Stuart Little). Easy targets really, funny, but sad too.

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Love this series in which 9 couples compete to run a restaurant with Raymond Blanc.

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An almost perfect show about food and business. Only one set of donkeys in first episode. Expect much drama! I have to assume the 9th couple (a mother and daughter) was the comedy section of the show. Tinned mango mixed with cream was the dish they...

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Home movie level production quality. Awful narration. BBC NI made an interesting story unwatchable.

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Not quite Top Chef but the presence of Michel Roux transforms it. High end cooking and great TV.

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