“There was simply no need for such length, but as Irvine Welsh also directed and produced, perhaps there was no one to rein him in.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Good Arrows, ITV4
“The dart hit the wires and bounced out.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Good Arrows, ITV4
“The joke ran its course in half an hour - yet there was another 90 minutes to go. There was simply no need for such length, but as Irvine Welsh also directed and produced, perhaps there was no one to rein him in.”
Andrea Mulanney, The Scotsman

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, BBC1
“A beginner's guide to natural selection.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Ross Kemp: Return to Afghanistan, Sky 1
“I suppose you might describe Kemp as an armchair warrior, but if you did, it would only be fair to acknowledge that he's pulled the armchair a damn sight closer to the fire than most of us would ever care to get.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Not Going Out, BBC1
“For a sitcom now in its third series, and which has won prestigious, international awards, Not Going Out is peculiarly bad.”
Andrew Mulanney, The Scotsman

The Old Guys, BBC1
“The odd couple - conventional guy, crazy guy - is such a perennial set up because it works, but while this ticked along pleasantly, the jokes just didn't seem to be there.”
Andrew Mulanney, The Scotsman

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