“Degenerated into a mish-mash of soundbites.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

Revelations: How Do You Know God Exists?

Revelations: How Do You Know God Exists?, Channel 4
“Very mysterious, since in no imaginable universe was less than 50 minutes of broadcast time going to allow for a sensible discussion of the questions he was asking about faith and ethics and the problem of evil.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Revelations: How Do You Know God Exists?, Channel 4
“A film in which [Antony] Thomas, although speaking in his usual deep and reasonable voice, was clearly very angry, particularly at the suggestion that society was going to the dogs because people believed less these days.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Revelations: How Do You Know God Exists?, Channel 4
“Allocated an hour of airtime for five prominent members of five major faiths to explain how they understand life, the universe and everything… While the sense of frustrations at such half-hearted scheduling never disappeared, there were plenty of genuinely engaging moments along the way.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Revelations: How Do You Know God Exists?, Channel 4
“What started as a worthy but interesting project degenerated into a mish-mash of soundbites.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

100 Years of the Girl Guides, BBC4
“Once it reached the present day, the narrator’s script moved from warm appreciation to what sounded more like PR guff.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

100 Years of the Girl Guides, BBC4
“They couldn’t have asked for better PR than this programme. Unfortunately, it was the kind of PR that convinced mums and dads, rather than their daughters.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

100 Years of the Girl Guides, BBC4
“An entertaining and uncritical account of the organisation.”
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

Celebrity Wife Swap, Channel 4
“The Wife Swap formula is tired.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Jam and Jerusalem, BBC1
“I haven’t seen anything recently… which so touchingly captured the strain of home-front bravery.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Single-Handed, ITV1
“This is gloom with a view, and as good as telly currently gets.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Walk on the Wild Side, BBC1
“You would need to be very young or very stoned not to find 30 minutes of comedians putting funny animal voices on… about 20 minutes too long.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

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