TV critics' verdict on programmes - including BBC2’s The 800 Million Pound Railway Station - broadcast on 13 November 2007

The 800 Million Pound Railway Station, BBC2
“ -in the opening episode, the narrator spent most of the early scenes trying to whip up excitement where none existed.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

The 800 Million Pound Railway Station, BBC2
“A jolly fine docusoap.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

The 800 Million Pound Railway Station, BBC2
“ -began with a flurry of dazzling statistics intended to make your head spin and then didn’t do a huge amount to resolve your confusions so that you could tell which way was up.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Imagine, BBC1
“ -he [Alan Yentob] wisely opted for a solid if perhaps over-reverential guide to Bourgeois’s life and work.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

The Madrid Connection, BBC4
“ -painstakingly constructed.”
Patricia Wynn Davies, Daily Telegraph

True Stories: The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories, C4
“ -hats off to Andrey Paounov [film-maker] for making it. Because there’s something wonderful about the result.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Autopsy: Emergency Room, C4
“I’m going to go and read the small print on my donor card, and if there’s any chance of my body going to Gunther, then I’m ripping it up.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Jonestown Cult Suicides: The True Story, Five
“By choosing to focus on the gory and infamous finale, the programme-makers skimmed lightly over the worthwhile questions that should have been asked.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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