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Introduction: Reviews and features 1) Find one positive aspect and one criticism of  Deutschland 83  in the reviews. Positive aspect: 'Martin is superbly played by  Jonas Nay',  'Deutschland 83's first episode of eight was the most-watched foreign-language drama in UK history.'  ' American-German husband-and-wife team Anna and Joerg Winger created an irresistible export: a funky exercise in pop nostalgia underpinned by actual events'  Criticism: ' It’s a perfect moment in a near-perfect series.' ' With the least ambiguous title ever ' 'Massive hype only generated 3 million viewers for its co-maker RTL (just above the channel’s average). It was beaten by  The Voice  on the other side.' 2) Why does the second Guardian article suggest the Germans didn't like the show? 'By focusing the story around Martin Rauch, a young East German border guard going undercover in the west, it doesn’t just make the viewer empathise with a Stasi ag

Task 1: Mail Online review of Capital 1) Re-read the  Mail Online review of  Capital . Why does it suggest that  Capital  features a left-wing ideology? Capital features characters who are working class, struggling for equality and focuses on the mass population in London. ' The hardest worker on the street was an illegal immigrant, determined to pay her way and not touch a penny of benefits. She was deported, though she did find time to teach English to some of her fellow saints at the detention centre.  A Muslim man whose only crime was to burn the odd Union Jack (he fell in with the wrong crowd, m’lud) was dragged off to the cells by anti-terror police who were, naturally, bigoted and faceless. The crusading lawyer (a woman, of course) who had him freed was fuming about the Terrorism Act, which she called ‘deplorable’.  While the English residents of Pepys Road were grasping (Lesley Sharp) or deceitful (Robert Emms) or just plain awful (Stirling), the Polish builder had a heart

Reviews and features 1) What positive points does the review pick out about  Capital ?  What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? Peter Bowker  and  Euros Lyn , who have adapted and directed the series excellently have managed to squeeze an incredible amount into one street, one book, and then further squeeze into three hours of television. Wollaston believes that Capital is  not just a brilliant allegorical portrait of London, Capital has interesting stories to tell. Wollaston also believes that Capital does not only refer to the city and wealth but also is punishable by death, Petunia's story of her brain tumour can represent something much more in the show- Pepys road, its residents, London itself has cancer- a tumour of greed and mistrust, hatred and pointlessness. In the London Evening Standard article, Travis believes the cast of Capital is brilliant, with fantastic actors. John Lanchester's novel received significant praise from critics and