'It's all mad, loop-the-loop, bonkers conkers.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.

Waking the Dead, BBC1
“The upshot is a strange mixture of an intriguing, even classy thriller and dollops of corn.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph

Waking the Dead, BBC1
“It's all mad, loop-the-loop, bonkers conkers. But, somehow, Waking the Dead manages to be good fun.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Am I Normal?, BBC2
“Clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron had the undeniably good idea of taking apart all the received wisdom on the subject of addiction and subjecting it to careful examination. The trouble for the programme was that, rather anti-climatically, all the received wisdom turned out to be true.”
James Walton, The Daily Telegraph

Skins, E4
“That's the brilliance of Skins: it can, through a combination of fine performances and fine writing, put across those monumental adolescent emotions so convincingly, even to an oldie who went through all this about a million years ago.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Extraordinary People: Half Man Half Tree, Five
“It's just about ogling funny-looking folk. Wrong.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Quest for the Lost Ark, C4
“This film established Prof Parfitt as an engaging and able presenter.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Stephen Fry and the Machine That Made Us, BBC4
“Stephen Fry [... ] was at his most engaging, presenting with intelligent wit the story of the man who invented the printing press almost 600 years ago.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

The Complainers, Five
“... might just be worth following.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

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