Chitra Ramaswamy
- Journalist
Press clippings
Rain Dogs review
Daisy May Cooper is magnificent in this bleak, beautiful comedy drama - which skewers the grotesque realities of class and sex inequality like nothing else.
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 4th April 2023Deep Fake Neighbour Wars review
From Phoebe Waller-Bridge nicking Rihanna's pants to Jay-Z having it out with Tom Hiddleston, this silly comedy uses tech to put A-list celebs in humdrum situations. But is it OK?
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 26th January 2023The top 50 TV shows of 2022: No 9 - Derry Girls
Tonally perfect, exquisitely funny and hugely moving, the final series of Lisa McGee's comedy about growing up in 90s Northern Ireland was a masterpiece.
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 9th December 2022Ghosts Christmas special review
The Jennifer Saunders cameo is utterly perfect.
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 23rd December 2021The 50 best TV shows of 2021, No 6: Feel Good
Series two of the exquisite comedy tackled trauma, PTSD and gender identity and still managed to make you feel warm inside.
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 15th December 2021Motherland series three review
Sharon Horgan's angry baby is as biting as ever when skewering narcissistic middle-class mums. But it could make its white characters squirm a bit more.
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 24th May 2021We Are Lady Parts review
Channel 4's sweet, silly sitcom offers something we've never seen before on mainstream television: Muslim women being themselves, and rocking out to rowdy punk anthems.
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 20th May 2021The 50 best TV shows of 2019: No 9 - Catastrophe
A note-perfect portrait of division and dysfunction, it was the TV show for our times - and its finale was earth-shattering.
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 9th December 2019Muzlamic review
Twenty years after Goodness Gracious Me, Ali Shahalom and Aatif Nawaz's sketch show is a welcome jolt of diversity - even if it's hardly cutting-edge.
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 22nd July 2019Mum review - cliched take on the reality of being a mum
Lesley Manville suffuses her character with warmth and melancholy, but there is more to motherhood than 'keep calm and carry on ironing'.
Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 21st February 2018