'It's like The South Bank Show presented by Lieutenant Columbo.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Imagine: Doris Lessing - the Hostess and the Alien, BBC1
“It's like The South Bank Show presented by Lieutenant Columbo.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Imagine: Doris Lessing - the Hostess and the Alien, BBC1
“A compelling, even challenging portrait of a completely original artist.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World, BBC4
“[A] fascinating film.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World, BBC4
“... this fascinating documentary was about more than a restaurant; it was about a society with a new taste for consumption and choice.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

10 Years Younger, C4
“You've got to love 10 Years Younger - it's proud of not working with what you've got.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

10 Years Younger, C4
“... still presented by the repellent Nicky Hambleton-Jones, whose strange soullessness gives her every utterance an unavoidably vicious edge, tipping an already vile programme into utter repulsiveness.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

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