“The style thugs bitch-slapped Rural England and Rural England rolled over and begged for more.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Trinny and Susannah Meet Their Match, ITV1
“The basic shtick of flicking through people's wardrobes with a curl in their lip has been given a modest twist. ‘They're going to look, listen and learn... and only then have their say,' promised the voice-over [ ...] ‘Look, listen and learn', unsurprisingly, turned out to be a euphemism for sneer, carp and gasp condescendingly.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Trinny and Susannah Meet Their Match, ITV1
“The style thugs bitch-slapped Rural England and Rural England rolled over and begged for more.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Trinny and Susannah Meet Their Match, ITV1
“They're still rude, their nostrils still widen whenever they come near someone who doesn't live in Knightsbridge. They still operate on the basis that a person's outward appearance is more meaningful that what's inside.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Trinny and Susannah Meet Their Match, ITV1
“Ms Woodall and Ms Constantine are as cheerful as ever, despite falling ratings. Even so, the programme didn't deliver on its promise to turn the tables.”
Damian Thompson, The Daily Telegraph

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Five
“Petersen is to step down as the CSI leader after the 10th episode of this series, though he will continue as executive producer. This may arrest the show's march up his fundament and render it watchable once more.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Five
“In order to see it I had to eject my DVD of season four of The Wire. It was like turning off the Brandenberg Concertos to listen to The Birdie Song.”
Damian Thompson, The Daily Telegraph

Oz and James Drink to Britain, BBC2
“A strenuously artificial odd-couple pub-crawl.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

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