TV critics' verdict on programmes - including ITV1's crime-drama Cold Blood - broadcast on 3 January 2008

Cold Blood, ITV1
“Daft as it was, Cold Blood held a grip of sorts to the bitter end.”
Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph

Cold Blood, ITV1
“... they're up against a hell of an adversary in Matthew Kelly, who's excellent here at being really evil.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Cold Blood, ITV1
“Relentlessly bleak as it is, Cold Blood decided, with end-of-term friskiness, to surprise us in the final episode with an actual joke."
Tim Teeman, The Times

Cold Blood, ITV1
“Neither script nor acting were up to the challenge.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Cold Blood, ITV1
“Prime Suspect and Trial and Retribution came with a bit of background but not the kind you needed to get into the story. In Cold Blood, the whole daft, incredible set-up was crying out to be justified at every turn.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

The Man Who Lives With Bears, Five
“... what started out as a kind of nature documentary became a far darker study of human obsession.”
Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph

The Man Who Lives With Bears, Five
“... a really interesting documentary.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

The Man Who Lives with Bears, Five
“Jon Alwen's film captured the desolate Alaskan expanse as well as the sheer strangeness of Charlie playing with the bears.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen, BBC4
“... comprehensive in its detail.”
Serena Davies, Daily Telegraph

Family Guy, FX
“Family Guy is just about the funniest thing on TV right now.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

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