“Complacent, overlong yet not exactly unengaging.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Maestro, BBC2
 “Just because it's about conducting doesn't make it any more intelligent as television. Or any less fun. Which it is.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Maestro, BBC2
“It wasn't interesting enough for an hour-and-a-half, let alone a series.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Maestro, BBC2
 “Maestro is an unabashed reincarnation of a tried-and-tested formula. So it was appropriated that many of the contestants looked like they were flogging dead horses.”
Deborah Orr, The Independent

Maestro, BBC2
 “Complacent, overlong yet not exactly unengaging.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

How Not to Live Your Life, BBC3
“Don Danbury is no David Brent and this new sitcom offers nothing except sound evidence that the BBC has now got more airtime than it can fill.”
Deborah Orr, The Independent

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