“They shoehorn more excitement into one episode of Casualty than I've had in my entire life.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Casualty, BBC1
“The sad thing is, many of us, millions of us, in fact, might agree wholeheartedly with what Charlie Fairhead had to say about the NHS. But we're quite capable of thinking it for ourselves anyway. We don't need it packaged up in a propaganda format from our supposedly impartial BBC.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Casualty, BBC1
“It's exhausting. They shoehorn more excitement into one episode of Casualty than I've had in my entire life. It's death, drama, trauma, romance - bang, bang, bang.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Casualty, BBC1
“Always worth dipping into because of the writers' matchless devotion to melodramatic coincidence, which can make it one of the funniest programmes on television.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Doctor Who, BBC1
“It's going to be hard to top this episode.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Doctor Who, BBC1
“Doctor Who is the most self-confident programme on television, swinging from sitcom to clever-dick to art house and just assuming that its fans [... ] will swing with it.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

Doctor Who, BBC1
“Change the record, guys.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Glastonbury, BBC2
“Great fun.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

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