“Though it had the typical lightweight BBC3 presentation this wasn't that bad a stab at the issues behind the trade in famous female flesh.” Read on for the full verdict on last night's TV.

Kirsten's Topless Ambition, BBC3
“Though it had the typical lightweight BBC3 presentation - lots of running around, everything spelled out to the point of obviousness, an obsession with celebrities - this wasn't that bad a stab at the issues behind the trade in famous female flesh.”
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

Kirsten's Topless Ambition, BBC3
“While I'm guessing that the right kind of external make-over and bustier would enable Kirsten to at least have a crack at matching Fearne Cotton on the glamour front, there's no makeover on earth that could enable Fearne to match Kirsten when it came to sharpness of response.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Cruickshank on Kew: the Garden That Changed the World, BBC2
“He does have an amazing way of speaking - every single thing is said as if it's the most extraordinary thing in the world. And that gets rather tiring after a while, a whole symphony played fortissimo.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Born to be Different: Turning Eight, C4
“I only have one teeny criticism of Born to Be Different: Turning Eight, and that's the shots of blue sky and fluffy white clouds that punctuate it, and which hint at sentimentality or heaven or something like that. Otherwise it's brilliant, if brilliant is an appropriate word to use for a film about six children with disabilities.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Desperately Hungry Housewives, BBC1
“Desperately Hungry Housewives was a great title in search of a show.”
Helen Rumbelow, The Times

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