Nancy Banks-Smith (born 1929) is a British television and radio critic. Born in Manchester, she was educated at Roedean. She was a writer for The Sun in the 1960s. She also worked briefly for the Daily Express in the 1960s. Banks-Smith began writing for The Guardian in 1970, with her television column becoming a leading feature of the newspaper. She has remained with The Guardian for over 40 years, and until 2017 wrote a monthly column for the paper entitled "A month in Ambridge", reviewing recent developments in the radio soap opera The Archers.
