10 Nov, ‘09

“It left me physically nauseated… If was intended as anti-capital punishment propaganda, the ends did not justify the degrading means. Shame on Four.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“Gary Glitter might be a paedophile slimeball and all that, but television is itself guilty of an act of highly questionable morality to show him (as played convincingly, by Hilton McCrae) weeping in his cell before being led to the scaffold.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

“A melee of fact, fantasy and terrible taste… What’s harder to excuse is the utter lack of drama in something that still called itself one.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“It’s McRae’s performance that lifts this above the usual what-if drama, the sort that’s generally followed by a debate (this time on the C4 website).”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“There is ample compensation for whatever Collision lacks in originality: plausibly interesting characters and an excellent script (by Anthony Horowitz and Michael A Walker), taut, pacy direction by Marc Evans and plenty of fine performances by a very good cast.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

“Totally gripping – and so far, the giant car crash is the star of the show.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“Collision, under the creator Anthony Horowitz and his co-writer Michael A Walker, is anything but a mess… This serial lacks Criminal Justice’s moral gravity – but, actually, who cares?”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“She’s funny. Yet a series based on a young woman’s ugliness worries me and so does one predicated on the idea that she must marry.”
Andrew Billen, The Times