1 August '11

“[Hilary] Devey was not just honest but also warm…she looked natural and relaxed, showing no nerves or stiffness in front of the camera.”
Arifa Akbar, The Independent

“She’s fabulous, like a cross between Cruella de Vil and a drag queen, an antidote to Duncan’s venom and a very welcome addition to the dragons.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“[The Apprentice] was considerably more entertaining. Watching a group of young eejits making pratfalls and just occasionally coming good is just more fun than this curiously static set-up”
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

“This fearsome dragon will be doing panto by Christmas – if the Palladium can afford her.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“Despite the odd moment of questionable taste it was funny.”
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

“An excruciatingly anodyne blend of cheesy jokes and mildly risque allusions that somehow manages to keep a Saturday night audience amused, or amused enough not to change the channel.”
Arifa Akbar, The Independent

“This series had obviously managed to combine characters worth caring about with stories ready to add to the pot and boil.”
Andrew Billen, The Times