15 Mar '11

“It’s a finely observed piece of social observation with a top class script.”
Virginia Blackburn, The Express

“The real problem is that it simply isn’t funny enough. That’s partly because of the aforementioned on-messageness of it all. And because sometimes it isn’t clever enough.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“The best spoof documentaries rarely veer too far away from plausibility. That was the beauty of The Office, and Twenty Twelve nails it too.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

“It’s worth watching for a number of reasons — especially to see Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) being a wally for once as Ian, Head of Deliverance. Lovely stuff.”
Alex Hardy, The Times

“A thoughtful two-parter presented by Peter Taylor about intelligence gathering before and after 9/11, Britain’s role and how much we knew about the subsequent torture of suspects.”
Virginia Blackburn, The Express

“A lot of this wasn’t new, even if some of the voices are. What it was, though, is meticulous, clear, balanced, fascinating and important. Proper journalism done properly.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“It was intriguing to see whether these high-rankers were capable of straight talking under far lesser pressure than real torture would afford.”
Alex Hardy, The Times

“That I happen to agree with his [Peter Taylor] agenda doesn’t mean that I can’t spot a glaring lack of objectivity, but then who can be objective about human-rights abuses? And hats off to him for assembling a truly stellar collection of talking heads.”
Brian Viner, The Independent