'It feels like being shot to death with popcorn'. Read on for more cutting criticism of last night's TV.

The Palace, ITV1
“... the TV equivalent of balloon modelling. It feels like being shot to death with popcorn.”
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

The Palace, ITV1
“... won't enlighten anyone further but even so, it's not bad.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

The Palace, ITV1
“The option of treating The Palace as a deliberate slice of camp fun is pretty much sealed off too - because there's always a worrying sense that it's meant entirely seriously.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

The Palace, ITV1
“I am delighted that, as with The Palace, the channel is setting before us something other than a grim regional detective or a comedy drama about suburban adultery.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

The Palace, ITV1
“Basically a royal version of Dallas.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

City of Vice, C4
“The series producers must have concluded that Life on Mars made the retro-cop show all the rage, so why not try it in the 18th century? Not a bad idea, but something went badly wrong with the execution here.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

City of Vice, C4
“... certainly did its best to depart from the norm.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

City of Vice, C4
“... is diametrically opposite and in direct opposition to The Palace, being interesting and unusual but tough and chewy.”
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

City of Vice, C4
“The first episode, which combined computer graphics for the outside with gritty filming of interior scenes, was certainly, an antidote to the current spate of twee costume dramas. I felt it doing me good.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

City of Vice, C4
“It was wonderfully acted, smartly directed and convincingly written, and yet for some reason it had all the tension of a boiled carrot.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

The Baby Borrowers on Holiday, BBC3
“... it surely shattered the preconceptions of viewers and participants alike.”
Matt Warmen, Daily Telegraph

News at Ten, ITV1
“News at Ten returned with a bong last night - and a bang.”
Colin Robertson, The Sun

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