“Revealed? Or just stating the blooming obvious.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Julius Caesar and the Druids: Revealed
“Revealed? Or just stating the blooming obvious.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Julius Caesar and the Druids: Revealed
“Julius Caesar and the Druids: Revealed was one of those programmes from Five that offer both entertainment and enlightenment. When, centuries from now, the history of the channel is disinterred by forensic terratellyographers, future generations will gasp at the giant evolutionary leaps made. To go from wall-to-wall David Duchovny in The Red Shoe Diaries to rather captivating chronicles of Druido-Roman hostilities in 11 short years is a feat that deserves a moment's respectful pause.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Pedigree Dogs Exposed, BBC1
“[A] powerful film.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

CSI: Miami, Five
“The World's Most Inexplicably Popular Programme.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

The Secret Millionaire, C4
The gaping hole at the heart of The Secret Millionaire becomes harder to ignore with every passing episode - namely, where are all the services that should be helping the desperate, despairing and/or disabled individuals featured - but the formula still, just, works.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Money Makers: Beach Break Live, BBC3
“The problem was that watching people organise a music festival hardly makes for riveting viewing. It's basically about spreadsheets and advertising. The programme tried to turn Ian and Celia's few mild arguments into high drama, but they were both such reasonable, laid-back people, there was seldom any real tension.”
Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman

Liverpool on the Box, BBC4
“A detailed-stuffed, glorious survey of the windy city's relationship with the small screen.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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