“Hilary is not gentle on those climbing the ladder after her, which makes her jolly good material for TV.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
THE BUSINESS INSPECTOR, FIVE
“Having made it the hard way, Hilary is not gentle on those climbing the ladder after her, which makes her jolly good material for TV. Though however fascinating it is to watch Hilary at work or Hilary just being Hilary, nothing can quite disguise the humdrum nature of the programme.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express
THE BERLUSCONI SHOW, BBC2
“Most Italians seem so seduced by Berlusconi that ot was hard not to be sucked in too. By the end…it was not Berlusconi who seemed mad, but rather the banned satirist who accused the PM of having no soul.”
Alex Hardy, The Times
“This was extraordinary, fascinating and worrying, all at the same time.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
LIFE OF RILEY, BBC1
“It reminds you of how dreary sitcoms used to be and how that kind of sitcom has never really gone away.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express
“The “jokes” fitted distinct categories: things that were topical/funny two years ago (self-service checkouts), ten years ago (self-help books), only to dimwits (falling over during a trust exercise) or never.”
Alex Hardy, The Times
THE MAN WHO ATE EVERYTHING, BBC4
“An affectionate and occasionally infatuated portrait.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent
“A lovely film by Andrew Garaham-Dixon about his hero Alan Davidson, an eccentric British diplomat and fabulous-food enthusiast.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
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