TV critics' verdict on programmes - including the latest addition to Channel 4's Edge of Endurance season, Deep Water - broadcast on 5 November 2007

Deep Water, C4
“ -told his extraordinary story grippingly - but also calmly and with great sympathy.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Deep Water, C4
“Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell’s film was a fine, unexpected, almost mythic, addition to Channel 4’s excellent Edge of Endurance season.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Deep Water, C4
“A truly gripping documentary.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Interview with a Cannibal, Five
“It was a decently made film”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Interview with a Cannibal, Five
“Despite the lurid descriptions, this startling story managed to be better than most examples of its kind.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Interview with a Cannibal, Five
“It’s obviously all absolutely fascinating, in a slightly guilty, you-know-you-probably-shouldn’t-be-watching kind of way.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Panorama: The Soldiers’ Story, BBC1
“ -did something to restore the reputation of BBC One’s current affairs flagship holed by a series of failed investigations.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Panorama: Taking on the Taliban, BBC1
“There have been a number of documentaries by journalists embedded with British squaddies recently, bringing the mundanity, the chaos and the terror of war into our cosy living rooms. Here’s another one.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Movie Connections, BBC1
“Movie Connections has concentrated on charming British films - and it ended with perhaps the most charming of them all.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

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