'For the most part, the programme was an odd mix of the bogus, the misunderstood, and the merely frivolous.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

John Barrowman: The Making of Me, BBC1
“The results are neither very conclusive nor surprising [... ] It doesn't matter though: still dead interesting.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

John Barrowman: The Making of Me, BBC1
“For the most part, the programme was an odd mix of the bogus, the misunderstood, and the merely frivolous.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Travellers' Century, BBC4
“It was elegant and amusing.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Travellers' Century, BBC4
“Hopelessly muddled, slow and uninsightful.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

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