'... difficult to watch without feeling a permanent shiver of total revulsion'. Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Horizon: How to Kill a Human Being, BBC2
“It was difficult to watch without feeling a permanent shiver of total revulsion.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Horizon: How to Kill a Human Being, BBC2
“So Michael [Portillo] although the science is undeniably interesting, you've achieved very little, apart from amusing us with your own near-death experiences, and letting us know that nitrogen is a handy way of bumping someone off.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Horizon: How to Kill a Human Being, BBC2
“It was a very odd programme indeed, effectively running on two flat tyres from Portillo's opening pitch.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Horizon: How to Kill a Human Being, BBC2
“... last night's Horizon wasn't a complete waste of time. It certainly served up plenty of fascinating, if ghoulish facts as it made its eccentric progress to nowhere in particular.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Horizon: How to Kill a Human Being, BBC2
“It you wanted to see Portillo dead, then this was the show for you. He died not one, but several deaths, or would have done had the experts he turned to not exercised due professional care.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Shrink Rap, More 4
“I can't remember if I've seen Shrink Rap before, and if I have, my subconscious has done a very good job suppressing the trauma, because I was unprepared for just how ghastly she [Pamela Stephenson] is in her role as a media confessor.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Shrink Rap, More 4
“This was an interview that revealed more than we needed to know about such a man.”
Matt Warmen, Daily Telegraph

Sandbanks, ITV1
“Absolutely fascinating.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Taggart, ITV1
“It was a decent story but we were left wondering why Burke was so convinced that his aged, alcoholic father had been murdered in the first place.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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