14 Sep '11

“Basically a privatised Waking The Dead…It feels like a rather lazy revamp, to be honest: not just the set-up but also the Identikit cast…None of that matters if the stories are good but last night’s reeked of decomposing scriptwriter.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“Actually, The Body Farm is an improvement on Wakey Wakey. Mainly this is down to Tara Fitzgerald, who, even when acting formulaically, has a mesmerising presence… Of course, more reality, and less gratuitous horror, would help this series no end.” 
Andrew Billen, The Times

“It’s all utterly daft really. Amusing, and quite good fun, but daft.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“Fortunately, nobody who works on the team appears to have a sense of smell or, for that matter, of atrocity…. Bad science fiction.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent  

“Of many excellent series about the Army’s tours of Afghanistan, The Bomb Squad must be the most gripping, not least because any one of the infinitely courageous young men we meet may be killed before the programme’s end.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“Suddenly the fake damage and fake death in The Body Farm struck you as a rather tawdry kind of entertainment.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“It might be difficult viewing, but it’s also important, as it does give you some idea what it’s actually like out there.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian