'... never really picked up Howerd's character by the scruff of its neck.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me, BBC4
“Rather You Than Me was Frankie Howerd seen through the eyes of his longtime and long-suffering partner, Dennis Heymer, who survived to tell the tale. It was, inevitably, what Dennis felt, what Dennis did, and, fortunately, Dennis was played by the quite remarkable Rafe Spall.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me, BBC4
“David Walliams never really picked up Howerd's character by the scruff of its neck, neither mimicking it well nor creating something distinctive.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me, BBC4
“No episode of a series entitled The Curse of Comedy is likely to end with a song and a smile, but this portrait was so relentlessly bleak it lost our loyalties early on.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture, BBC2
“You get a little action figure [ie. Dan Cruickshank] for free, a kind of genteel Indiana Jones, complete with Panama hat and cravat, moveable eyebrows and arms that can be posed in a number of emphatic gestures.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Comedy Sketchbook, BBC1
“... the clips varied wildly in quality but it hardly mattered, such was the rush of nostalgia.”
Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph

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