28 Sept, '09

Doc Martin, ITV1
“Last night’s episode counted as a canter at the very least, rising to a gallop for short sections.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Trinity, ITV2
“If you’re nine, and you’re allowed up past bedtime, you might just appreciate this show – otherwise, it’s a criminal waste of electricity.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

When Piers Met Sir Cliff, ITV1
“Sir Cliff actually comes across quite well – frank, funny and, well, abviously totally weird, but quite an attractive person, especially next to Piers.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

When Piers Met Sir Cliff, ITV1
“Morgan knows that all anyone really, really, wants to know about Sir Cliff is the one thing he keeps private: his sex life… Maybe when Morgan was looking for what rings Richard’s bell, he was looking in all the wrong places.”
Helen Rumbelow, The Times

Last Chance to See, BBC2
“The camera points at Fry as much as, if not more than, it does at the animals… He’s totally got away with it, by being clever and funny and generally because of his very Stephen Fryness. It’s absolutely charming.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Last Chance to See, BBC2
“There is a slight problem with this show, in that Fry’s chemistry with his co-presenter, Mark Carwardine, is somewhat gentle. But one sequence last night was worth the licence fee alone: a portly Fry, struggling to get into a wetsuit, with extremely sunburnt legs.”
Helen Rumbelow, The Times

Kevin McCloud’s Grand Tour of Europe, Channel 4
“I can’t have been alone in finding the renaissance of Kevin McCloud the most interesting thing to follow.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Spiral, BBC4
“It’s actually just a fairly ordinary police serial with a bit of Gallic polish, but if you squint you can pretend to yourself that you’re watching Godard.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent