“It made for a frustratingly flippant whole.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

RUDE BRITANNIA, BBC4

“It made for a frustratingly flippant whole, with a penchant for relentless carbonated jollity that suggested the series was almost embarrassed by its more intellectual components. “
Sarah Dempster, The Guardian

“A superb three-part series….the character behind this show was the British psyche itself, clambering up from a state of immaturity to adulthood, by rejecting the patronising assumption that we can’t handle whatever knowingly disturbs us.”
Amoj Rajan , The Independent

PECKHAM FINISHING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, BBC3

“There were layers and layers of questions here, but all this first episode seemed bothered about was who would be first to start a fight. Disingenuous isn’t the word.”
Sarah Dempster, The Guardian

“Did not even provide an opportunity for the four moneyed Home Counties girls…to make practical gestures in the name of social fairness.”
Andrew Billen, The Times   

“Regardless of whether it says anything surprising, its existence alongside a lot of other programmes about the same thing tells us something about the widening gap between rich and poor.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

THREE IN A BED, C4

“I still do not think the format has been nailed particularly when it comes to scoring. But the show does demonstrate the variety of British “types.”
Andrew Billen, The Times   

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