TV Critics: Trapped; Call The Midwife; Deutschland 83; The Walking Dead

“Sparse, stripped-down, simple, real? Check. Concerned as much with the characters and their problems as the plot? Check. A protagonist with some serious issues, who is flawed and worn down by life? Check. A focus not just on crime and solving crime, but on the consequences and victims of crime too? Já. Chilly, dark beauty? Hell, yeah.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“It was so absorbing that within five minutes I’d forgotten it was subtitled, and tried turning the volume up.”
Ceri Radford, The Telegraph

“After the full-tilt opener, you can expect it to settle down into an ominous and complex tale.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

“Broadly speaking, it is another crime thriller set in the snow but what stands out is the uniqueness of the place and its people. Trapped has not got me hooked yet but it’s certainly luring me in.”

Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“Even after the departure from Jennifor Worth’s memoir, with the writer Heidi Thomas turning to her own research for new material, the trusty ingredients of this Sunday-evening stalwart still hold true …  It was both genuinely moving, and irritatingly neat.”
Ceri Radford, The Telegraph

“Thanks to meticulous costumes and props, and a glorious Eighties pop soundtrack — and despite occasional silliness — Deutschland 83 never felt improbable.”

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

“The result is an episode that takes us into the heads of many of the series’ central characters in a way that has rarely been done in the past, and offers a tantalising glimpse of some of the dramas that will unfold over the remainder of the season.”
Alex Straker, The Independent

“The documentary could have been touching but with its silly music, repeated summaries and montages of other self-obsessives, it was undemandingly aimed at the post-pub viewer channel surfing for an easy laugh.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“This series is deliberately ahistorical in that families can shed their iPads on their time travels but not their attitudes.”
Andrew Billen, The Times