“Louise Hooper's programme was as impeccable as one of James Bond's suits.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began, BBC1
“Louise Hooper's programme was as impeccable as one of James Bond's suits. Joanna Lumley looked every inch the Bond girl.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began, BBC1
“I don't suppose that Bond obsessives will have learnt anything new about their subject, but there was lots here for the casual fan.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Breaking Bad, FX
“Breaking Bad won two Emmys this year and it deserves them.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

Timewatch: Young Victoria, BBC2
“For once the reconstruction didn't ruin this interesting documentary.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Timewatch: Young Victoria, BBC2
“Excellent.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

A Touch of Frost, ITV1
“That's really why the whole series works so well. There's not gloss, no glamour, no charming locations.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

A Touch of Frost, ITV1
“It is truly terrible: leadenly paced, datedly filmed, implausibly plotted and lazily acted.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Wife Swap USA, C4
“An insipid and less interesting version of what we have here.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

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