“It was gripping, beautifully performed and, in its own way, rather glamorous.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Margaret, BBC2
“The frisson in Margaret came not from Lindsay Duncan, impressive as she was in the title role, but Michael Maloney who, in an understated and quietly terrifying performance, totally recustomised the received image of John Major.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Margaret, BBC2
“Physically, Lindsay Duncan stuck me as too brightly blonde, too enviably willowy.”
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

Margaret, BBC2
“Flashing back and forth between the Iron Lady's victory in 1979, and her rather messy exit in 1990, this seemed to be an exercise in capturing the tedium of the Westminster world.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Margaret, BBC2
“From the outset, with its throbbing music and lightening-quick scene changes, it was sold as a high-drama piece - a political thriller, almost - and that, ultimately, was delivered. It was gripping, beautifully performed and, in its own way, rather glamorous.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, The Independent

Love, Life, Death in a Day, Channel 4
“Love, Life, Death in a Day was unstinting in its portrait of grief as it was of joy and pain.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

MasterChef, BBC2
“It's impossible to take anything Gregg Wallace says seriously, since he says it in such a ridiculous way. Have you noticed? He EMPHASISES every OTHER word.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, The Independent

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