'He looks like a toff character actor from the hard-drinking 1950s.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Johnny's New Kingdom, BBC2
“He's [Johnny Kingdom] a gift to television.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Johnny's New Kingdom, BBC2
“Johnny undeniably has star quality.”
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

Johnny's New Kingdom, BBC2
“... he looks like a toff character actor from the hard-drinking 1950s miscast as the local poacher.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Horizon: Are We Alone in the Universe?, BBC2
“When an hour-long documentary takes 30 minutes to mention that a couple of other planets - Gliese 581 c and 581 d, since you ask - have been found at the edges of said habitable zone, you can also be pretty sure that nobody's found any actual evidence of habitation. And so it turned out.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Mad Men, BBC2
“I'm not buying the whole package yet, but I'm still open to the pitch.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Hotel Babylon, BBC1
“More of the glorious same, I suspect, next week.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Monster Moves, Five
“If you wanted to see some really impressive engineering, the first of Five's Monster Moves was the place.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

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