'A Rolls-Royce of a documentary.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.

Rivers of Blood, BBC2
“[A] Rolls-Royce of a documentary.”
Simon Edge, Daily Express

Rivers of Blood, BBC2
“A fabulous documentary.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Rivers of Blood, BBC2
“Denys Blakeway provided a bracingly heretical analysis of Enoch Powell's own prophecy of race war.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph

Rivers of Blood, BBC2
“The resulting film couldn't answer the question it posed with a yes/no answer [... ] But it did provide some useful historical context for the melodrama of Powell's rhetoric.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Last Orders, BBC2
“[A] beautifully constructed film.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph

Last Orders, BBC2
“An early and, I hope, unbeatable candidate for the Most Depressing Documentary of 2008.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Last Orders, BBC2
“Henry Singer's deeply sad and affecting film.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Guilty Pleasures, ITV1
“The concept was a total disaster.”
Simon Edge, Daily Express

The Rise and Fall of the Ad Man, BBC4
“An entertaining examination of British adveritising since the 1960s.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges, BBC4
“[A] thrilling film.”
Sam Richards, The Daily Telegraph

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