'It's all totally loopy, but very well done'. Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekends TV.

Messiah, BBC1
“It's all totally loopy, but very well done - moody and murky - and Marc Warren is excellent as the troubled Walker. Pretty bloody terrifying, too.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Messiah, BBC1
“... a thriller that uses up nine-tenths of its ingenuity in killing people in the most macabre possible way had better have something else going for it if it is to attract a viewership beyond a core audience of couch potato sadists.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Messiah, BBC1
“On its fifth appearance, Messiah inevitably lacks the shock value it once had.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Duel, ITV1
“... over fiddly yet still over-repetitive format.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Duel, ITV1
“The first thing to say about this is that it is one of the better recent attempts to give a new twist to the television quiz [... ] The problem is the bulk filler.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Wild At Heart, ITV1
“... nothing, in truth, could be more predictable than life at their combined surgery and safari lodge, where every week they seem to find themselves involved in a narrow escape from bankruptcy and a tussle with a stampeding wild animal.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Wild at Heart, ITV1
“This show is a disgrace [... ] Wild at Heart is lame beyond hope.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Kingdom, ITV1
“I like it, mainly because it reminds me of a lot of other things. It's like Heartbeat without the beehive hairdos.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Picture This, C4
“What you get is vague banalities about what it's like to take part in a television elimination contest.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

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