'... got carried away with its own CGI possibilities.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.

Life After People, C4
“The programme-makers had done their homework.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Life After People, C4
“... it then got carried away with its own CGI possibilities and eventually proved overlong, overblown and literally monotonous.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Life After People, C4
“All our great novels and inventions, evidence of wars and global conflicts, the towering skyscrapers... all wiped out in a blip. Viewers of this unusual documentary might have wondered if it's all been worth it. But they might also have wondered the same thing about the programme, come to think of it.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Life After People, C4
“I'm not even that impressed with the computer-generated imagery, which is at the heart of this show, if indeed it has a heart.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Kiss of Death, BBC1
“... one of those pretty standard serial-killer-thriller affairs populated by sour-faced lady detectives and quirky profilers.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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