“The joy of getting back to simple pleasures.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.

Jamie’s American Road Trip

Jamie’s American Road Trip, Channel 4
“You can’t fake a grin, and the one spreading from Jamie’s left to right ears after a night in the Wyoming wilderness spoke of many things, not least the joy of getting back to simple pleasures.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Jamie’s American Road Trip, Channel 4
“All broadcasters have to make that big American road trip at some point in their careers: Jamie’s just got to his a little earlier in life than Stephen Fry, Jon Snow, Simon Schama et al. And he’s pretty good at it.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Lost Land of the Volcano, BBC1
“You might not learn much about the niceties of biological classification but it does thrillingly restore the sense that there are still bits of the world that don’t yet have visitor-interpretation centres and pushchair-friendly paths.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Lost Land of the Volcano, BBC1
“For all it’s Boy’s Own good humour, Lost Land carries a serious and ominous message.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Lost Land of the Volcano, BBC1
“Sumptuous, dripping and lush. If I have one criticism, it’s that the cameras too often point the wrong way, at the scientists, even at the cameraman.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Warehouse 13, Sci Fi
“The agents, Pete and Myka, are told that this is an invitation to ‘endless wonder’. Let me assure you, Warehouse 13 is anything but.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

No Holds Bard, BBC4
“Had its work cut out to take away the taste of that title, but managed it in the end, being full of good glancing jokes.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Channel 4
“Watchable reality import.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Coming Up, Channel 4
“It suffered a little from the fact that, which a collection of shards can make a mosaic, only one shard looks like a bit of broken pot.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

True Stories: Nursery University, More4
“A feel-good documentary about how the masters of the universe cannot always get their brats into the finest private nurseries.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

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