'The choice of presenter was somewhat inspired.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Duncan Bannatyne Takes On Tobacco, BBC2
“If there was an opportunity to put Bannatyne's bullishness to good use, this was surely it, but, in fact, he gave a harder time to Apprentice loser Syed Ahmed when he tried to sell him a hot-air body-drier on Sky One last year.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Duncan Bannatyne Takes On Tobacco, BBC2
“The choice of presenter was somewhat inspired.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Duncan Bannatyne Takes On Tobacco, BBC2
“Bannatyne's film wasn't entirely satisfactory.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Britain's Missing Top Model, BBC3
“The whole thing was deeply paradoxical: the most lookist business in the world being asked to turn a blind eye to ‘physical imperfection'.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

True Stories: Our Year Without Oil (Recipes for Disaster), More 4
“As an eco-documentary, it was flawed and unoriginal. As a portrait of a marriage, it was brilliant.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Was Dr Crippen Innocent? Revealed, Five
“Roger Graef's film was a thoroughly enjoyable bit of forensic work.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

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