“A wry insight into a passionate, proud, old, male England.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM, BBC4

“What could have been a dull documentary about shiny old buses is moving and entertaining, comic and tragic…The result is sensitive and sympathetic. And a joy.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“A wry insight into a passionate, proud, old, male England that is passing.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“There was something very special about this place the film’s director had found….It was a gem just like the place it showed us.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“Its hagiography of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland, Lancashire, is impossibly charming.”
Amol Rajan, The Independent

ALL AT SEA, ITV1

“It’s just Coast with a bunch of minor celebrities.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“A brash, synthetic documentary.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“In using the modern method of installing D-list celebrities instead of normal people, it sacrificed authenticity for alleged flair, and lost informative power along the way.”
Amol Rajan, The Independent

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