“It's fun, but it's not that much fun.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Big Chef Takes Little Chef, C4
“It's fun, but it's not that much fun, and I think three shows will stretch it beyond its elastic limits. Some of the conflict feels a little manufactured, and I'm getting very bored of the endless helicopter shots of Heston's black BMW cruising along the road. One tight show would have been perfect, and easily enough time to tell the whole story.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Big Chef Takes Little Chef, C4
“If Little Chef came out of episode one looking rather plucky, Big Chef emerged looking deranged.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Big Chef Takes Little Chef, C4
“None of this was at all surprising - in fact, there seemed to be so little surprising material in the whole venture that the producers felt duty-bound to invent some.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Big Chef Takes Little Chef, C4
“On the face of it, Big Chef Takes On Little Chef has the same format as all these series - seemingly impossible task, initial setbacks, breakthrough, last-minute deadline rush, triumph - you've seen Jamie Oliver do it a dozen times.”
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

Unforgiven, ITV1
“The second part of Unforgiven gave us one of the tenest hours on television.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Hunter, BBC1
“It was so free of shocks, surprises or narrative drive, it could well have been an episode of Trumpton.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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