“This is tourist TV.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World, ITV1
“This is tourist TV, with Connolly stopping off at all the attractions you might be taken to on a coach tour. It left you none the wiser about real life up in northern Canada, but as a substitute for going yourself, he's a jolly virtual travelling companion.”
Andrea Mulanney, The Scotsman

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World, ITV1
“It was entertaining enough, and Billy certainly seemed to enjoy himself.”
Alice-Anzania Jarvis, The Independent

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World, ITV1
“I'm not sure about these self-indulgent celebrity travelogues, you know. There are too many of them now - Stephen Fry in America, Paul Merton in China and India, Billy Connolly in Scotland (well, there was a sense to that one, I suppose) and Australia, and here, all trying to be a little bit different, searching for wackiness.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World, ITV1
“As ever with celebrity travel documentaries, the musings were incidental, fun but not revelatory.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Jade's Progress, Living
“It is all very human and wonky and real, which is not what you'd expect in a "reality" show, with all their usual contrivances and artificial situations. Sad and weird, too, but that's life.”
Andrea Mulanney, The Scotsman

Michael Smith's Drivetime, BBC4
“You can see why BBC Four has gone for Michael Smith in such a big way. His views on cityscapes and national character are delivered in nuggets of pithy poetry. It's just that the observations are not half as profound as he or his producers seem to think.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

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