“I’m beginning to wonder whether some kind of mind-bending drug might add comprehension.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

The Wire

The Wire, BBC2
“I’m beginning to wonder whether some kind of mind-bending drug might add comprehension of what’s going on out there in the mean streets of Baltimore. I can see that it’s brilliantly acted, and people keep telling me to stick with it, but Jane took 10 minutes out of last night’s episode to get our youngest to bed, and when she came back and asked ‘What’s happened?’ I started to explain before realising that, to all intents and purposes, I didn’t have a mother****ing clue.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Rachel Nickell – Case Closed, ITV1
“…a quite fascinating documentary.”
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

Wimbledon, BBC1 and 2
“I love Wimbledon’s first day, when there’s so much tennis you don’t know where to look.”
Tim Dowling, The Guardian

The World’s Greatest Musical Prodigies, Channel 4
“The whole thing seems ill-advised. But perhaps I judged it too soon. […] In the end, there was something remarkable about this little group.”
Tim Dowling, The Guardian

The Secret Life of the Airport, BBC4
“It’s an exemplary documentary about the growth of airports, based on yards of interviews and a really good rummage through the archive bin.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

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