“If ever a script needed punching up, it was this one.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

Trinity

Trinity, ITV2
“The characters are well drawn, the plot is ingenious, the sex is raunchy and the look is opulent. But Trinity has about half as many jokes as it needs. If ever a script needed punching up, it was this one.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Trinity, ITV2
“It’s early days I know, but I think it looks quite promising.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Trinity, ITV2
“It want to be so bad it’s good, but sadly it’s not quite bad enough to make it.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Doc Martin, ITV1
“I would not normally waste praise on something as unambitious as Doc Martin, but watching Merlin and Trinity make me appreciate how right ITV gets its gentle, Sunday-night ratings banker.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Doc Martin, ITV1
“Martin Clunes is a fine comedian who can do an awful lot with the right material but this really isn’t it.”
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

Kevin McCloud’s Grand Tour, Channel 4
“He’s a good guide, striking just the right balance between doing and telling, trying things out for himself and explaining stuff.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Kevin McCloud’s Grand Tour, Channel 4
“It’s a perfectly pleasant way to spend a Sunday evening, and a good deal cheaper than doing the trip yourself.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

The South Bank Show: Coldplay, ITV1
“No amount of sucking up to them, Melv, is ever going to make you young again.”
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

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