'Struggled to eke a programme - nay a six-part series.' Read on for the critics' full version of last night's TV.

The Diets That Time Forgot, C4
"Struggled to eke a programme - nay a six-part series - over a format probably conceived over a very long lunch."
Andrew Billen, The Times

The Diets That Time Forgot, C4
"Yet another 'social experiment' based on a distinctly dodgy premise. Still, if you can swallow that, the programme itself is turning out to be quite fun."
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

The Diets That Time Forgot, C4
"One hundred years ago...the average female waist was 10 inches smaller. This was an interesting statistic, but it needed, I thought, a little more context than the makers of this new series gave it."
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

One Life: Help! My Kid's a Rock Star, BBC1
"Tried to pose as a sociological investigation into the problem of bringing up children destined for musical fame...then settled into its real business of presenting a random series of quite interesting interviews."
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

One Life: Help! My Kid's a Rock Star, BBC1
"...half Hello feature on the childhoods of the famous, half a study of the genesis of rock folly."
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

One Life: Help! My Kid's a Rock Star, BBC1
"I give you a brand new parenting guru... If I were a publisher, I'd be on the phone to his people right now."
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Holby City, BBC1
"Does the camera really have to zoom straight into the open wound...?"
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

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