“[A] rather tacky documentary.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

The Princess and the Gangster, C4
“[A] rather tacky documentary.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

The Princess and the Gangster, C4
“On the face of it, The Princess and the Gangster, which opens Channel 4's "Toffs and Crims" season, is a pretty crap documentary [ ...]But, because some of these still-alive people are such good value, it manages to be very entertaining.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

The Princess and the Gangster, C4
“That's always the problem with these Royal muck-raker shows. The only people who can tell the truth are either dead, or far too well-bred to have anything to do with a film crew.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

The Princess and the Gangster, C4
“What a depressing concept for a season of programmes Channel 4 has come up with in Toffs And Crims - not just an ugly title, but an ugly idea, at least going by the first programme, The Princess and the Gangster.”
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

Whitechapel, ITV1
“Whoever is committing these dreadful crimes is rapidly turning into the drama's most plausible character. The coppers down Whitechapel nick are obviously products of a writer's wishful thinking [ ...] while their boss, Detective Inspective Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones), looks more and more as though he wandered on to the wrong set while making an episode of Heartbeat or Poirot. And yet I find that I want to know what happens next, if only to resolve the question of whether DI Chambers's second-in-command, DS Miles (Phil Davis),is as thick as he appears to be.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Whitechapel, ITV1
“It is all in the worst possible taste and bloody good fun.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Moses Jones, BBC2
“A must-see [ ...] It's that rare thing - a truly original police thriller.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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