The Guardian: This fascinating portrait of a complex man’s attempt to solve an impossible problemis packed with amazing archive footage – from George Michael singing to Thatcher being berated…… https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/06/live-aid-at-40-when-rock-n-roll-took-on-the-world-review-bob-geldof-bbc2

The i:  Live Aid is a great pop story but it was also a response to a terrible human tragedy. The BBC’s excellent film never loses sight of that fact…..

Live Aid at 40 doesn’t go easy on Bob Geldof

The Times:  to use an insensitive metaphor, Live Aid at 40 had plenty of fresh meat to bring to the table. I feared three hours, covering Band Aid, Live Aid and its 2005 successor, Live 8, would be too long but it is fresh, multifaceted and zesty, serving up a nostalgic slice of British politics through the lens of pop with a high calibre of talking heads, not least Birhan Woldu, the little girl we saw dying before our eyes on news footage back then but who survived and, now aged 44, appeared in the film with her father…..  https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/live-aid-at-40-review-bob-geldof-bvx9qjvck

The Mail: Live Aid is still celebrated for the sheer entertainment it delivered. But the real lump-in-the-throat moment, both 40 years ago and in this documentary, came in a collage of news footage: starving children in an Ethiopian camp, set to a soundtrack by The Cars….https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/article-14880791/CHRISTOPHER-STEVENS-reviews-TV-Inspirational-Live-Aid.html