“...a show that can only pick over its past has no future.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.

EastEnders, BBC1
"...a show that can only pick over its past has no future."
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

EastEnders, BBC1
“Last night's programme saw a classic Albert Square funeral, complete with a horse-drawn glass hearse, lashings of sentiment and a cat fight.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph

EastEnders, BBC1
"...last night's episode was full of teasing promises of more conventional kinds of return, old flames and old ghosts pitching up at the crematorium."
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

EastEnders, BBC1
“Patsy Palmer powers every scene she is in: welcome back to the silver parka.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

One Life: Josie's Journey, BBC1
"You couldn't get a more varied documentary series."
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

One Life: Josie's Journey, BBC1
“At times - inevitably - and ignobly - you did half-wish that One Life had dug a bit more [... ] Yet, in the end, the lack of startling revelations felt not only proper and kindly, but also authentic.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph

A Journey Through American Music, Sky Arts
“[Morgan] Freeman is an authoritative presenter but he really knows how to kill the magic of a story.”
Michael Deacon, The Daily Telegraph

Shameless, C4
"It may no longer hit its dizzying early heights, but it is still a gloriously exuberant hour."
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Big, Bigger, Biggest, Five
"...full of swooshing, clanging computer graphics and technical optimism."
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

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