“It's not at all like Casualty or ER.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

The Ambulance: Eight Minutes to Disaster, C4
“It's not at all like Casualty or ER.”
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

The Ambulance: Eight Minutes to Disaster, C4
“The pace was glacial.”
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

The Ambulance: Eight Minutes to Disaster, C4
The prevailing mood of this bitty but largely excellent film was one of slow-moving, mildly cynical comedy, and those occasions when drama did threaten mostly spiralled down into banality.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

No Heroics, ITV2
“This is resolutely unfunny.
Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman

No Heroics, ITV2
“It is quite a nice idea, certainly a much better idea than My Hero, the one with Ardal O'Hanlon as Thermoman, but so far Drew Pearce's script is too ready to fall back on the drink and the sex every time it needs a laugh. It needs a good script editor to sort it out.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Ann Widdecombe Versus Girl Gangs, ITV1
“She [Widdecombe] is awfully small but you like her. Whatever wild shore of television she washes up on - Fit Club, Have I Got News for You, Girl Gangs - she stands her ground and shows quite exceptional courage.”
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

Ann Widdecombe Versus Girl Gangs, ITV1
“The voice of common sense and bad hair went out on the lash with tough teenage girls in Birmingham and Brixton.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Chateau Monty, C4
“An endearing little series.”
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian

The World's Strictest Parents, BBC3
“This show delivers more than it promises.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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