'... as bonkers as a pair of amorous foxes in the garden.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Midnight Man, ITV1
“The whole thing's as bonkers as a pair of amorous foxes in the garden. But quite jolly.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Midnight Man, ITV1
“It is, you'll gather; nonsense knocked off from any number of conspiracy dramas, from Bird of Prey and Edge of Darkness in the Eighties to State of Play in this decade.”
Robert Hanks, The Indpendent

Midnight Man, ITV1
“... dark, funny, intriguing, sometimes downright marvellous.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Midnight Man, ITV1
“If you accept its ridiculous plot Midnight Man is gripping.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Midnight Man, ITV1
“... it was done with such shameless bravura and breakneck pace that it was also very watchable.”
Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph

Women in Black, BBC2
“I found it very interesting [... ] This is not a scholarly programme about women in Islam: it's more Glamour magazine, in fact.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

The Inbetweeners, E4
“It's great to see TV about the ordinary Britain experienced by millions of ordinary people every day. But why does the main character deliver every line as if he's reading it from an autocue.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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