'... go on, admit it, it was bloody boring.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.

Poppy Shakespeare, C4
“It's the sort of film people will say they enjoyed, because they feel they should have. They may even convince themselves they did. But go on, admit it, it was bloody boring.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Poppy Shakespeare, C4
“It was bad - like fridge theatre, or some community drama project, clunking and clumsy and overdone, and doing no favours to the issues it weakly raised or the people affected by them.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Poppy Shakespeare, C4
“It was a touching, lovingly acted film, with a highly evocative score by Molly Nyman and Harry Escott, but it replaced Clare Allan's angry, satirical brio with a futile melancholy.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Poppy Shakespeare, C4
“A sweet, enjoyable film, but something harsher was missing.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Brian Keenan: Back to Beirut, BBC2
“... thoughtful, philosophical, modest, forgiving, he [Brian Keenan] makes a lovely guide.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Brian Keenan: Back to Beirut, BBC2
“At times Keenan's endlessly lyrical approach did perhaps lead him, as lyrical approaches will, into contradictions.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation, BBC4
“You were left with a strong impression of Feldman's gentleness, and how much people liked him.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Dis/Connected, BBC3
“Surely few viewers, in their teens or not, would have identified with the plastic good looks and ice-cold hearts of the show's characters [... ] A dismal case of inappropriate style over inadequately explored susbstance.”
Serena Davies, The Daily Telegraph

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