'I'm no scientist, nor a mathematician, but I'm thinking this is all bunkum.' Read on for more cutting criticism of last night's TV.

Horizon: How to Make Better Decisions, BBC2
“Isn't this all nonsense? All these mathematical equations to find out the probability of the model accepting your invitation, or to decide whether or not you should buy this pair of shoes. I'm no scientist, nor a mathematician, but I'm thinking this is all bunkum.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Horizon: How to Make Better Decisions, BBC2
“The title of this programme was, of course, another trick, because it hoodwinked us into watching something that didn't quite deliver on its promise.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Horizon: How to Make Better Decisions, BBC2
“... possibly its worst edition ever.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Horizon: How to Make Better Decisions, BBC2
“This was instructive about our daily fantasies of autonomy and rationality [... ] but then Horizon spoilt it all by rounding off with some flakey nonsense about premonition.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Find Me the Face, BBC3
“Find Me the Face is the name of this show, though the face seems to be the least important thing on the list. Lingerie model with C or D cup bazookas (nothing fake), not too thin, girl-next-door look, that's the brief. So Find Me the Lalas would be a more accurate title then, only it might attract a Teletubbies audience by mistake, up way past its bedtime.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Storyville: Orthodox Stance, BBC4
“Orthodox Stance looked as if it had been filmed on a borrowed camcorder but turned out to be fascinating.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Phoo Action, BBC3
“... surely set to become a series.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Nature Shock, Five
“... was one of those nature documentaries with pretensions to being a horror movie.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Mistresses, BBC1
“... was dominated by chickens coming home to roost - not just for the characters, but also for the programme itself. Having set up all those ludicrous plot-lines, it was now required convincingly to resolve them. The task duly proved well beyond its capabilities.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

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