3 Sep '10

“New comedy quiz shows always make me nervous. Principally because they are rarely funny…If there were any moments of comedy, I managed to miss them. I could say it was a show aimed at 14-year-old boys. But my 14-year-old son came in and watched with me for 10 minutes before saying: “Jesus, Dad. You don’t half have to watch some shite.”
John Crace, The Guardian

“It is quite possible for the entire 30-minute format to zoom by while one sits in a state of permanent bafflement… Unlike most make-a-fool-of-the-famous-person shows, it is virtually impossible to come off looking good…Unfortunately, there was not a nail-biting, amusing or revealing moment in it…Surely it can’t last.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, The Independent

“This isn’t just a one-off it’s a series, a series that could be put across in an entertaining and effective fashion in about half-an-hour.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“If the programme really wanted to explain the reasons for the absence of a trial, it could have gone a great deal deeper into the complex diplomatic and trade links between Libya and the UK. Still, I guess that doesn’t count as Real Crime.”
John Crace, The Guardian

“[Dr Alice Roberts] revealed rather more about the dark ages than Mark Austin [in Real Crime] managed to about an event that happened 1,600 years later.”
John Crace, The Guardian

“It’s all incredibly interesting.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, The Independent