“A tragic-comedy in which everyone felt oppressed by everyone else.” Read on for the verdict of last night’s TV.

True Stories: The Battle for Barking, More 4
(Dartmouth Films)

“Fairrie’s film became an exemplary study in how extremist politics takes hold when ordinary people feel ignored and disenfranchised by the main parties.“
John Crace, The Guardian

“Laura Fairrie’s scarcely improvable True Stories documentary was a tragic-comedy in which everyone felt oppressed by everyone else.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

The Morgana Show, Channel 4
(Running Bare Pictures)

“At her best, Robinson is one of the sharpest and funniest comics around: unfortunately, this show didn’t do her any favours.”
John Crace, The Guardian

“Her surreal rather than cruel parodies of Danni Minogue, her Tarot-reading pal Cheryl Col and a schoolboy Boris Johnson were excellent.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Getting On, BBC4
(Vera Productions)

“In its modest and wonderful way this show stepped right out of its pigeonhole and into a new catergory of fictional entertainment, dark and funny and soulful all at the same time.”
Matt Baylis, The Express

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