Rachel Cooke

Rachel Cooke is a writer at the Observer. In the 2006 British Press Awards, she was named Interviewer of the Year.

Amol Rajan’s Ganges vanity project

The BBC news presenter’s pilgrimage to Kumbh Mela is a half-hearted attempt to find spirituality.

By Rachel Cooke

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The second series of the medical Line of Duty asks: what’s the difference between being stretched and negligence?

By Rachel Cooke

Jeff Pope’s meticulous, minute-by-minute reconstruction of the events of July 2005 reveals the shameful circumstances of De Menezes’ death.

By Rachel Cooke

In this documentary, Theroux allows ultra-nationalist Israeli settlers to speak with perfect openness. It is chilling.

By Rachel Cooke

With a great cast and bold writing, Chris Lang’s new murder mystery drama is deliciously watchable.

By Rachel Cooke

Jon Hamm’s Apple series could be a kind of cut-price update on John Updike’s Rabbit novels – if only…

By Rachel Cooke

This new BBC sitcom is no Colin from Accounts.

By Rachel Cooke

This series, starring Sean Bean, is the perfect combination of menace and farce. And the accents, the clothes, the…

By Rachel Cooke

The water company has made a calamitous mistake in letting TV cameras capture its day-to-day operations.

By Rachel Cooke