'It's Blue Peter meets Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young, BBC2
“The problem with the doctor's programme, however much she sexed up sex, was that it was remedial rather than revelatory.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young, BBC2
“A noble cause, but not enough for a whole hour's worth of programme.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young, BBC2
“Dr Alice has a good bedside manner and the programmes do contain some fascinating information, even if you want some of if subjected to a peer-group review before taking it has gospel.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young, BBC2
“It's Blue Peter meets Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Sex and the Neanderthals: Revealed, Five
“OK, so the hairy, grunting, reconstructed chaps meeting in the woods were pretty laughable, but on the whole this was a serious, grown-up documentary. There was even proper science. But then the people at Five must have got scared. What the hell is this doing in our schedules? What will people think? Help! So they stuck the word sex in the title.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Sex and the Neanderthals: Revealed, Five
“Not so much ‘revealed' as a right old let-down.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Sex and the Neanderthals: Revealed, Five
“Excellent.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

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