23 Nov '10

“This film followed a year in the lives of the victims of the bombings and the Islamabad police force and what emerged was a portrait of resilience and resignation.” 
John Grace, The Guardian

Click here for a behind-the-scenes report from director Chris Eley

“Dixon did an admirable job of drawing attention to this blight on a civilised society, and it would have been even better job had the BBC scheduled it at a more accessible time than 10.35pm.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

“Using a celebrity confessional as the conduit for the most painful of debates: a good or bad thing? Good: in our celeb-soaked age, people might be more inclined to tune in. Bad: the issue at hand might get obscured by the inanities of that same celeb-soaking.”
Alex Hardy, The Times

“Yes, you can take liberties in fiction, but to take then at the expense of plausibility is asking too much of the viewer.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

“McGovern remains one of the best TV writers in the bussiness and if he does tend to get carried away with torturing his own characters, you can forgive him because of the pace and economy with which he delivers the story.”
John Grace, The Guardian

“Sometimes it’s a joy to watch a TV programme because of its title alone. Before it had even begun Delphi: The Bellybutton of the Ancient World had my household busily engaged in thinking up all sorts of other urban-body-part similes: Cambridge: Earlobe of The Early Middle Ages or Runcorn: Elbow of The Eighteen Hundreds.”
Matt Baylis, The Express

“This documentary focused on the transfer of presidential power from Kennedy to his vice-president, Lyndon Johnson, during hours of chaos and bewilderment. It was a tale of bitter enmity, principally involving Johnson, Attorney general Robert Kennedy, and FBI chief J Edgar Hoover.”
Brian Viner, The Independent