“Substantial and moving.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story, BBC2
“This was a film that began as a fan’s DVD extra and steadily deepened into something far more substantial and moving.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent
One Man and His Dog, BBC2
“The brilliant thing about OMAHD is that it brings the country to me so I don’t have to go to it, and deal with the smells and the cold and all of that.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
David Suchet on the Orient Express, ITV
“There’s a little bit of history, and a little bit about Agatha Christie, but mostly it’s about David having a splendid time on a luxury tourist train.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
“We were tossed a few vol-au-vents of detail from the buffet…However, we got the sense that no-one’s heart was really in it.”
Matt Baylis, The Express
Little Crackers, Sky1
“This account of a solitary little girl excluded from the Sunday school treat by a vindictive teacher can’t have been directly autobiographical.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent
Coronation Street, ITV1
“Molly’s [funeral] was… a Shakespearean conflagration of intrigue, irony and violence.”
Andrew Billen, The Times
Larry King, CNN
“The final show yielded two chaotic moments: the first when the egregious Regis Philbin lauded King as a showtune aficionado…; he second when the eight-times married King referred to Clinton as a fellow member of the zipper club.”
Andrew Billen, The Times
What Did I Do Last Night?, Current
“It is a remarkable little reality show tucked away on a lesser known cable channel when it deserves to be beamed to those who make our drinking laws.”
Matt Baylis, The Express
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