TV Critics: Conviction; Get Shirty; Unspun

“Sometimes with investigative shows it can feel as if a narrative structure has been imposed in hindsight, that information is being withheld from the viewer for the sake of suspense. Not in this case. It really did seem as if we were along for the ride.”
Tim Dowling, The Guardian

“It made for edge-of-seat television, pulling us on with all the twists and turns of a story that might yet turn out to be stranger than fiction.”
Gerard O’Donovan, The Telegraph

“True crime is currently blooming as a TV genre with producers scrambling to find different slants on the same basic idea. But Conviction: Murder at the Station provides a further, more emotionally weighted route into the territory. It promises to be a gripping two-parter with an unguessable outcome.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“With gentle but diligent questioning, investigator Lousie Shorter took Kearney’s calls from prison, retraced his alleged movements on the night and walked down some pretty mean housing estates. I am enthralled.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“Filmed beautifully, the documentary slowly winds you in so you are never quite sure whether Kearney is lying to Louise when she repeatedly asks him on the phone if he did commit the murder. Although Kearney is a suspicious character, mysterious Louise really becomes the star of the show.”

Daisy Wyatt, The i

“It was a charming, deftly told and very British tale – which concluded with a struggling Admiral staking all its fortunes on England’s World Cup performance. You don’t have to know much about football to know what a terrible position that is to be in.”
Tim Dowling, The Guardian

“Unspun with the young but self-assured comedian Matt Forde is an attempt to bring something of The Daily Show’s forensic but funny political commentary to Britain. It is not there yet — the proportion of monologue to chat is off — but it is on its way.”
Andrew Billen, The Times