“My worry is that when you take the pig out of the equation, and out of the house the laughs will go with it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

“It’s the one starring a version of Jack Dee coping with a version of his career and domestic circumstances are worse than they actually are.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“The essential dynamic of it, back for a fourth series, is that Rick should end up horribly humiliated by his own incontinent ambition. Or – as in last night’s episode – by an incontinent pig, which anointed Rick with liquid manure while he was in the middle of trying to impress a Sunday Times journalist who’d turned up to write an “At Home With” feature.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“My worry is that when you take the pig out of the equation, and out of the house – which is what’s going to happen now – the laughs will go with it. It’s become a bit too predictable, too old-fashioned sitcom, too gentle, too unanarchic.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Secrets of the Superbrands, BBC3

“Riley’s inquiries possibly made the global food business seem lee sinister than some of the other behemoth corporations.”
Matt Baylis, The Express

Supersize Grime, Channel 5

“Compared to the other cleaning crews busy polishing live pylons, fishing fly-tipped waste out of a ditch and cleaning a cross-Channel ferry in 30 minutes, the fat shovellers were indeed on a cushy gig.”
Matt Baylis, The Express

“Trouble making is what Amnesty is good at and so, in a way, was this film. It made trouble for Amnesty.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“It began as what looked like a corporate celebration of the charity’s 50th anniversary, full of fond memories and approving sentiments. But by the time it had finished it had become a lot more nuanced and ambiguous.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

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