“Our Girl’s heart was in the right place but its script didn’t do it justice.”

Our Girl, BBC1

“I couldn’t tell you if this was realistic, I haven’t spent enough time in war zones to know, but it was certainly heart-thumping stuff: arresting and tense, demanding to be watched.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“Our Girl was efficient enough drama with adrenalin-pumping action and a tantalising cliffhanger. However, dialogue clunked and the characters were types, rather than individuals. Our Girl’s heart was in the right place but its script didn’t do it justice.”
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph

“Michelle Keegan is immensely photogenic and perfectly adept at delivering the penis-threatening putdowns to the grunts who come on to her. Yet much has been lost in replacing a rough working-class girl who rejects her background with a sophisticated young woman from a supportive middle-class family.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“The romance manages to coexist with the military drama while still keeping its boots on the ground. But I’ll be interested to see how much of a romantic rescue plot the story relies on in the coming weeks.”
Julia Raeside, The Guardian

Ross Kemp: Extreme World, Sky 1

“While Kemp may not be blessed with the insight of a social anthropologist, his bravery in situations most of us would run screaming from is unarguable. I’m not sure how many other soap stars will see this as a viable career option, but good on him.”
Julia Raeside, The Guardian

“Ross Kemp never makes a boring documentary and he wasn’t going to make one about Mongolia, even though few of us have given it two thoughts. It made me think this Mongolia might serve as an extreme metaphor for resentful, zero-hour Brexit Britain.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Undercover: Nailing The Fraudsters, Channel 5

“Journalist Paul Connolly did a superb job of goading fraudster Romi’s ego, to make him talk more. We can only hope this repulsive idiot has handed the police enough evidence to get him found, jailed and then deported.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

“Even those cheap CCTV shows make a point of telling you how much time the assorted thieves and villains got once they were caught. This show, featuring investigative journalist Paul Connolly and some elaborate stings, didn’t quite deliver.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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