'At times, it felt uncomfortably close to Extras.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV

Freezing, BBC2
“It's quite funny, but some of the characters have been coloured in a bit crudely.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Freezing, BBC2
“At times, it felt uncomfortably close to Extras.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Freezing, BBC2
“Acute observations, however, were not enough to make Freezing feel as though it would ever reach far beyond a specific audience: namely, one concerned with publishing the media.”
Matt Warmen, Daily Telegraph

Freezing, BBC2
“Freezing couldn't want so desperately to be smart if it was the kid in class with his hand up, barely containing himself from spouting the right answer. You want to like it, it's a home-grown approximation of the kind of snappy, showbiz navel-gazing comedies that have become instant classics in recent years.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Extraordinary People: the Boys Joined at the Head, Five
“... could have been voyeuristic - but was an amazing feat of science.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Extraordinary People: the Boys Joined at the Head, Five
“The narrative may have lacked a conclusion, [... ] but its details were fascinating.”
Matt Warmen, Daily Telegraph

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