“He couldn’t stop his prison looking like a branch of hell.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
“The result certainly isn’t a puff piece, an advert for either Wormwood Scrubs or prison in general. It’s a proper, honest, warts-and-all portrait, and a real eye-opener.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
“There was no questioning the governor’s social conscience…but he couldn’t stop his prison looking like a branch of hell.”
Brian Viner, The Independent
“Only in television does money get thrown at the most derivative ideas, of which High Street Dreams is the latest. It is Dragons’ Den meets The Apprentice meets Mary, Queen of Shops.”
Brian Viner, The Independent
“This was a genuinely edifying bit of programming. The positivity was inspiring. This was all about helping, not humiliating, the contestants.”
Sarah Vine, The Times
GRUMPY GUIDE TO THE EIGHTIES, BBC2
“An entirely unedifying display of pointless vitriol… Not funny, not clever.”
Sarah Vine, The Times
“The real fault with shows like this: nobody says anything unique.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express
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