24 Mar' 11

“While the dialogue can be period-drama correct, no period drama these days would dare to be so slothful of plot as this episode, accurately named Death in the Slow Lane.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“Last night’s story was like an episode of St Trinian’s, complete with posh bounders, an Ali G DJ called Dave ‘Doggy’ Day and over-aged public school girls in short skirts. The only difference was that it wasn’t at all funny. At least not deliberately.”
John Crace, The Guardian

“The plot was full of the usual pantomime touches, not least of which was a drug-dealing schoolgirl whose uniform would have been considered too saucy for stringfellows, but even there it felt as if there were some tender shoots of a proper show peeping through.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“Learning that some PMs were more collegiate than others wasn’t especially revealing. But as the gossip of Whitehall , it was unparalleled entertainment”
John Crace, The Guardian

“It wasn’t all preternatural maturity and there were glimpses of the girl, aged 13 by the time Noble’s quietly excellent documentary ended being, well, a girl.”
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent