27 July '10

“Another excellent episode from The Hospital documentary series, which works harder than most to strip away the layers of artifice and euphemism that increasingly clutter any interaction between the public and public medicine. It did not lay bare the anger and frustration of the staff involved as much as the previous series did.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

“A grimly fascinating portrait of the NHS as it is rarely seen. To say it was depressing is an understatement.”
Sarah Vine, The Times

“The first series of the show came in for some criticism for a sensationalist approach, and anyone who felt that way is unlikely to be mollified by the opening of the second run… When members of the medical profession are spouting such decontexualised nonsense unchallenged, you do begin to suspect that you’re not getting the complete picture.”
Archie Bland, The Independent

“Basically an absurdist romp through extinct sports of varying degrees of historical veracity… The concept felt like it would be more at home as a weekly segment on a more varied show than standing alone.”
Archie Bland, The Independent

“The whole thing was essentially the televisual equivalent of one of those humorous loo books: mildly amusing but only for the time it takes to do the business.”
Sarah Vine, The Times