TV critics' verdict on programmes - including ITV1’s First World War drama, My Boy Jack - broadcast on 11 November 2007

My Boy Jack, ITV1
“Daniel Radcliffe was well cast here.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

My Boy Jack, ITV1
“Radcliffe’s reedy voice and deadening delivery suggest that his much-admired turn in the stageplay Equus might just have been a qualitative blip in a career that has otherwise been defined by crushingly dull turns.”
Kevin Maher, The Times

My Boy Jack, ITV1
“The cast acted their boots off, and their efforts combined to bring home the senseless losses of that time in a way that documentary-makers could only dream about.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

My Boy Jack, ITV1
“My Boy Jack was [ -] a disappointment.”
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

My Boy Jack, ITV1
“There’s no denying that My Boy Jack was an extremely powerful piece of television.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph

Learners, BBC1
“In a way it was quite refreshing to have all the rules of the road ignored so systematically, but it made for an odd and unsettling journey.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Learners, BBC1
“Just brilliant.”
Kevin Maher, The Times

Learners, BBC1
“The plot had some nice touches.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Wilfred Owen: a Remembrance Tale, BBC1
“A straightforward but nicely heartfelt account of the man’s life and poetry.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph

Wilfred Owen: a Remembrance Tale, BBC1
“An engrossing account of the greatest poet of the first world war.”
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

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