TV critics' verdict on programmes, including the BBC2 spy drama The company, broadcast between the 23rd and the 25th November 2007.

The Company BBC2
“Even the premium casting can’t save it.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

The Company BBC2
“ -the result is still more than just a good yarn - and one where, if you’re in the right mood, the corniness becomes part of the fun.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

The Company, BBC2
“It’s expensive, glossy, heavyweight hokum, boys-with-1950s-toys stuff. It felt more like a vigorous workout than entertainment but I’m sure that people who like this kind of thing are going to love it. I, however, am going for a lie down.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

The Company, BBC2
“The Company is a more grown-up spy thriller than most. But this US-made show, adapted from the novel by Robert Littell, still suffers from the odd tinge of Hollywood.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

This is Civilisation, C4
“ -he certainly threw in plenty of interesting ideas along the way, especially on how the transformation of Christian art mirrored the transformation of Christianity itself once it became the official religion of the Roman Empire.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

This is Civilisation, C4
“Matthew Collings is back with his now familiar rhetorical style, a blizzard of urgent, blokey questions so briskly stitched together that you could easily miss the fact that virtually none of them get an answer.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

White Diamond: a Personal Portrait of Kylie Minogue, C4
“We’re sure there is a real Kylie - a very nice, thoughtful, creative one. But we sadly didn’t get to meet her last night.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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