10 Dec ‘10

“The House That Made Me is trying to build on the success of Who Do You Think You Are?, but it’s missed a trick. WDYTYA? isn’t good TV because the celebrities are interesting, it’s good TV because the broader historical context is interesting.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, the Independent

“It is time travel that might be designed to send you mad and, in television terms, the more troubled the celebrity, the better the conceit is going to work.”
Andrew Billen, the Times

“It developed into a fascinating exercise in memory as largely a work of the subconscious imagination.”
John Crace, the Guardian

“Instead of being a long conveyor belt of retro items to snigger at, Boy George’s collection really did weave together some insights into what had made him.”
Matt Baylis, the Express

“It wasn’t really a New Year’s party, given that it wasn’t really New Year. It was just a gathering of people who “helped with the making of the show”.
Alice-Azania Jarvis, the Independent

“Emily Smith’s film was surprisingly sunny, but the contrast between Louisa’s vitality when awake and her pathological drowsiness felt like the cruellest parody of adolescence itself.”
Andrew Billen, the Times

“The real, touching journey was Jardine’s. For more than 65 years she had lived with her father on a pedestal and here we saw her slowly beginning to understand that he was flawed.”
John Crace, the Guardian

“I’m still not exactly sure what a real Cornish Christmas is, but on the basis of this, it’s groups of people bursting into song whenever a camera is pointed at them and queues of locals failing to get a reservation at Stein’s restaurants.”
John Crace, the Guardian

“Even those unmoved by mummies can take pleasure in a tale of hard work finally getting its reward.”
Matt Baylis, the Express