“An uncomfortable hour.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

The Bigamist Bride: My Five Husbands

The Bigamist Bride: My Five Husbands, Channel 4

“This was an uncomfortable hour; it didn’t get the full story though the story it got was messy, its subject even messier. What had she wanted, what had made her do it, how had she now changed – all proved elusive.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

“As [Emily] Horne’s tale went on, we went from sympathy, to shock, to wondering if it was fair to film her… It was as if the people making it had decided she was a nasty piece of work and were determined to expose her.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“One of those extraordinary oh-my-god-did-you-see documentaries.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“Quite why one of her first post-court case decision has been to leave her reputation in the hands of Channel 4, I’m not sure. Judging from the results… it wasn’t a wise one.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, The Independent

MasterChef: The Professionals, BBC2

“MasterChef is over at last, and I never want to her about gratin or jus ever again.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Curb Your Enthusiasm, More4

“It take a brave sitcom to make fellatio its theme.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Fearne and Paris Hilton, ITV2

“Fearne does her best to keep things entertaining, bless here. “I am genuinely fascinated,” she bubbled to the camera. Actually, I hate to admit it, I was a little too, at the start, though a full hour’s worth does start to test the patience.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, The Independent

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