“A sort of Del Boy-meets-Tony Soprano hybrid .” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
Dolce Vito: Dream Restaurant, Channel 4
“About 120 presenters have already done this and there are enough middle-class TV producers still in thrall to locally produced, seasonally correct food to propagate even more of this predictable pamphleteering.”
Tim Teeman, The Times
Dolce Vito: Dream Restaurant, Channel 4
“It’s a bit like one of those property-abroad shows, except we get to see Vito doing some sourcing of lovely British food, too… But is he six-episodes interesting? I’m not sure.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
Dolce Vito: Dream Restaurant, Channel 4
“How could it get better? Cheese, a bit of Italian countryside… and Vito. He’s brilliant, a sort of Del Boy-meets-Tony Soprano hybrid, with a bit of Marco Pierre White thrown in for good measure. He’s mad, of course, utterly bonkers, but brilliant. I wonder why we haven’t seen him before?”
Alice-Azania Jarvis
Justin Lee Collins: Wrestler, Sky 1
“The spirit of Justin Lee Collins’s mission to become a Mexican luchador revelled in its lunacy”
Tim Teeman, The Times
Nip and Tuck: My Big Decision, BBC3
“Somehow, it stretched the limits of plausibility… The whole point of the show seems to be dissuading the girls, cramming them full of horror stories and disapproval.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis
How Clean Is Your House?, Channel 4
“This extreme makeover show feels a bit of a relic.”
Tim Teeman, The Times
The Funny Side of Politics, BBC2
“Basically Animals Do The Funniest Things, only with politicians instead of pets.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
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