“What a 192 hours it has been” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

24, Sky1

“The rest is silence and a movie franchise, but what a 192 hours it has been!”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“I wanted to see Jack dead just to make absolutely sure there was no chance the series would return. Now we have to face the grim possibility that he’ll make some kind of comeback.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

CAMERON’S BLACK TORY, C4

“The Tories of Chippenham don’t look much like racists but the makers of this film possibly do.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express 

“Maybe James Cohen, whose documentary this is, would have liked Wilfred to have been elected, to have given the film more of a conclusion. But I don’t think the fact that he wasn’t makes it any less successful or interesting.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“Though the boosterism occasionally sounds a bit Pollyannaish, it is heartening.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“Because of the sheer length of his programmes…we’ve been bludgeoned into unconsciousness. If you chopped the whole thing in half, it would work a lot better.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express 

“The host…freaking out to some local music in downtown Addis Ababa. Fair dues to you for having a go, mate (really having a go!), but you don’t half look silly. ”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

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