“Hippo and budgerigar all over again to my mind.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

FAITH SCHOOLS MENACE?, MORE 4

“It wasn’t one of those programmes you really had to watch to the end in order to discover its conclusions. But the fact that the film wasn’t exactly a cliffhanger didn’t mean it wasn’t worth watching…At one end of the seesaw – a child’s curiosity and appetite for knowledge. At the other – the dutiful repetition of received dogmas. Hippo and budgerigar all over again to my mind.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“His arguments are faultless, his thinking crystal clear; it’s fascinating. [Dawkins] seems less purple and apoplectic than he was on his last TV outing, less fundamental in his atheism, less likely to blow himself – and thousands of others – up in the name of Darwin.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

THE RAOUL MOAT TAPES, C4

“A vivid portrait of a sad and damaged man.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

SURVIVING HAITI, BBC2

“A vivid portrait of a sad and damaged nation.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

LAW & ORDER; CRIMINAL INTENT, C5

“When it comes to crime drama, no-one does it better than the US.”
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

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