“This shaggiest of shaggy dog stories.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

LOST, SKY1

“Yesterday’s ending was the only option left and it was handled brilliantly… this shaggiest of shaggy dog stories has been one of the most entertaining, original shows of the past decade and, no matter how mad it has driven its followers, we’ll be lost without it.”
Mike Mulvihill, The Times

STORYVILLE: KILLER IMAGE – SHOOTING ROBERT KING, BBC4

“That’s what makes the photographs, and this film, so compelling: they show the bits of the conflict no one was interested in at the time.”
Tim Dowling, The Guardian

“A terrific documentary… gradually, forcefully, his story drew me in.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

OPERA ITALIA, BBC4

“Such is the force of Pappano’s instruction that I not only think I now understand opera, I’m pretty certain I can speak Italian.”
Tim Dowling, The Guardian

“Pappano was a hugely engaging presenter… If the programme had a flaw, I sensed that its makers could not quite decide whether they were evangelising, or preaching to the converted. But it worked triumphantly…for the first time I could understand why opera casts such a spell over its devotees.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

THE CURSE OF THE HOPE DIAMOND, CHANNEL 4
“You could be unlucky enough to live a very long time being forced to watch dreary, silly documentaries like this one.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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