“It was all a lot more complicated than you'd imagine.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Picture Book, BBC4
“Picture Book took us on a vivid tour of children's literature.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Picture Book, BBC4
“It was all a lot more complicated than you'd imagine.”
Deborah Orr, The Independent

The Home Show, C4
“The Home Show was a sort of Grand Designs for normal people.”
Deborah Orr, The Independent

The Home Show, C4
“You sense this is only the beginning of programmes lazily bunging ‘the recession' or ‘credit crunch' into their reasons for being.”
Tim Teeman

The Family, C4
“The final episode finally felt like we were burrowing somewhere meaningful. But it came to late.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Banged Up Abroad, Five
“An extraordinary tale dramatised with thrilling brevity.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

US Election Night, BBC1
“David Dimbleby didn't so much resemble a BBC elder statesman as a bumbling headmaster.”
Andrew Pettie, The Daily Telegraph

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