“... a fine piece of work.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.

Queen Victoria's Men, C4
“This was a ‘dramatised' documentary, meaning not only that short scenes were re-enacted by actors who looked faintly familiar from BBC costume dramas but that things were made to look a bit more dramatic than they were.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Queen Victoria's Men, C4
“In general, what this programme needed was a bit less sex and a bit more politics.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Queen Victoria's Men, C4
“The whispering commentary suggested we were about to hear some exciting secret. Alas, no.”
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

Queen Victoria's Men, C4
“Despite the unpromising opening, this film turned into a fine piece of work that established the central importance of Victoria's men to the political history of her reign.”
Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph

A Taste of My Life, BBC2
“Basically This is Your Life crossed with cookery.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

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