'The scud stud's still hot.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Rageh Omaar: The Iraq War by Numbers, ITV1
“The scud stud's still hot.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Rageh Omaar: The Iraq War by Numbers, ITV1
“It was Omaar's human encounters that were most effective.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Rageh Omaar: The Iraq War by Numbers, ITV1
“... didn't supply much startlingly new analysis here.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Alternative Therapies, BBC2
“An attractive and open-minded documentary.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Alternative Therapies, BBC2
“... nimbly maintaining an even keel between cynicism and an open mind as she sought evidence either to demonstrate or debunk the curative powers of hypnosis.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Alternative Therapies, BBC2
“... the series - of which this was the first episode - looks classy.”
Simon Edge, Daily Express

The ThingsI Haven't Told You, BBC3
“The Things I Haven't Told You is the one that really wants to be like Skins, but tries a bit too hard, and doesn't pull it off.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

The Things I Haven't Told You, BBC3
“The plot is a little self-consciously labyrinthine, some of the acting is slightly ropey, but it's pacy, ambitious, and properly spooky.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

The Fixer, ITV1
“... serves up plotlines that are neatly twisting as well as full of the approval levels of moral ambiguity.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Battle for Haditha, C4
“It was the kind of television you have to force yourself to watch but is mesmerising once you do.”
Simon Edge, Daily Express

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