15 Sept, '09

Design for Life, BBC2
“The series itself is relentlessly formulaic, dreamt up by someone who thought not just inside the box, but inside another box inside that box.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Design for Life, BBC2
“If a virtue of design is originality, the template of Design for Life was laid down years ago by The Apprentice and Dragons’ Den. Sadly, the show is not as well made as either.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Design for Life, BBC2
“I think the whole thing will get more interesting when they actually start doing some designing.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Keith Meets Keith, Channel 4
“There was pleasure to be had in watching one of TV’s rudest men ingratiate himself with Floyd.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Keith Meets Keith, Channel 4
“A strange but compelling documentary… The only thing more agonising than watching was not watching.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Daredevils: The Human Bird, Channel 4
“I think it’s the most extraordinary, the most terrifying, thing I’ve ever seen. Bloody idiot.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Daredevils: The Human Bird, Channel 4
“In our household, the prevailing view was that Jeb deserved a fair bit of sympathy. Or at least, he would have done if the suicide method he’d chosen didn’t involve quite so many other people.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Home Time, BBC2
“That dispiritingly rare thing in a new comedy: it’s funny… It’s slickly and engagingly done, as we might expect of Baby Cow.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Masterchef: The Professionals, BBC2
“This show is the equivalent of Jesus turning water into some more water, or Jamie Oliver turning quiche into a ham and egg pie.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Football Behind Bars, Sky 1
“The programme’s lack of sentimentality is its trump card.”
Andrew Billen, The Times