“It's all as daft as a brush, cardboard cut-out characters delivering card-board cut-out lines.” Read on for the full verdict on last night's TV.

Ashes to Ashes, BBC1
“It's all as daft as a brush, cardboard cut-out characters delivering card-board cut-out lines.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Ashes to Ashes, BBC1
“The second series opened last week to a fug of retro references so dense that it was hard to relax. I'd rather hoped that it would calm down by last night's second episode. It didn't.”
Alex Hardy, The Times

Winds, BBC4
“This informative essay on the causes and effects of wind formed the final part of a surprisingly engaging series devoted to the great British weather.”
Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman

Winds, BBC4
“It was an estimable documentary.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Henry VIII: Mind of Tyrant, C4
“This was all highly fascinating, but now that the series is over, I'm still not sure whether I was fascinated more by Henry, or Starkey.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant, C4
“The reconstructions often clogged up the action, their authenticity making incomprehensible what Starkey had just explained clearly. Some periods were covered at length while in the latter stages the King's last wife barely even got a name check.”
Alex Hardy, The Times

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