14 Mar '11

“It’s all totally gripping and I can’t wait for the second part tonight.”
Virginia Blackburn, The Express

“This one is typically loopy, with disappearances by bankers and appearances by a creepy old couple dressed in black, a lot of cancer, and a little boy with an unhealthy obsession with old copies of Reader’s Digest. Utterly compelling, too, obviously.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“The episode ended with a canonical example of the far-fetched coincidence that has always been a stock in trade for the series, and which seems to have done nothing to deter its many devoted viewers.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The independent

“With riotous bad taste, Ed Whitmore’s script last night made light of childhood cancer by joining it to a tale of a couple who dress up like Grant Wood’s American Gothic couple to scare kiddies.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“It pains me to say this but I think it may be time that, like a stricken animal, Wild At Heart was put out of its misery.”
Virginia Blackburn, The Express

“Cox’s smile suggests that the whole of existence is a cosmic joke whose punchline he will not rest from explaining until we find it as hilarious as he does.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“It’s a lovely one. Because Ruth, normally so bossy and no-nonsense business-like, can’t help falling a little bit under Hector’s spell. He’s shambolic and hopeless and not of the real world, but also utterly charming.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian