“It’s one episode old and already feels like a potential winner.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

Lie to Me, Sky 1
“It’s not often that you watch a crime drama hoping that the hero fails, but in this sense, Lie to Me breaks new ground.”
Michael Deacon, The Daily Telegraph

Lie to Me, Sky 1
“There is absolutely nothing new about Sky1’s latest acquisition, Lie to Me. It’s almost exactly the same as The Mentalist, or any other maverick-cop-comes-to-town-and-shakes-up-the-old-orthodoxies style show, though this time it’s Tim Roth (or, rather, Dr Cal Lightman) who is the maverick, a considerable improvement on previous models (he’s hammy but impossible to dislike. Who doesn’t like Tim Roth?).”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, The Independent

Lie to Me, Sky 1
“It’s one episode old and already feels like a potential winner, a cool, sleek exemplar of the confident American detective shows that, from this side of the pond (weighed down with the over-inflated carcass of Ashes to Ashes), one can only sigh enviously over.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Cutting Edge: The Homecoming, C4
“[An] interesting and unsensational documentary.”
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

Cutting Edge: The Homecoming, C4
“I don’t think I’ve ever cried when watching television – I am, after all, a reviewer, and so naturally have all the tenderness and compassion of a funnel-web spider with a headache. But that story very nearly set my jaded lower lip wobbling.”
Michael Deacon, The Daily Telegraph

Cutting Edge: The Homecoming, C4
“Strangely inspirational.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

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