“It looked like standard gawper television... But it turned out to be a little better than that.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

The Girl with Two Faces: a BodyShock Special, C4
“It was moving and awful and despite the "Bodyshock" label, more about how ordinary their feelings were for her [Lali] than how weird her condition was.”
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

The Girl with Two Faces: a BodyShock Special, C4
“[It] looked like standard gawper television, a freak show lightly glazed with clinical detail and MRI scans so that we could get it down without feeling too ashamed of ourselves. But it turned out to be a little better than that.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Horizon: The President's Guide to Science, BBC2
“It was a hotchpotch of fascinating ideas and dilemmas hinted at, vaguely glimpsed and then lost to the ether - a shoddy, maddening affair best symbolised by the fact that they didn't bother to find a narrator who could pronounce the word "nuclear" properly.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Horizon: The President's Guide to Science, BBC2
“Horizon's documentary turned out to be a bit of a muddle.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Horizon: The President's Guide to Science, BBC2
"This programme showed symptoms of delusions of scientific grandeur" Mick Hume, The Times

The Sex Education Show, C4
“Talking of shoddy and maddening, welcome to Channel 4's The Sex Education Show.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

The Sex Education Show, C4
"The overall effect was as much of a passion-killer as any old-fashioned moral lecture."
Mick Hume, The Times

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