TV critics' verdict on programmes - including Stephen Poliakoff’s latest drama, Joe’s Palace - broadcast on 4 November 2007

Joe’s Palace, BBC1
“Sometimes you can’t see the puzzle for the clues in Stephen Poliakoff’s dramas, and Joe’s Palace looked like it was no exception.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

Joe’s Palace, BBC1
“ -the result remained something of a narrative mess.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Joe’s Palace, BBC1
“Flabby and self-indulgent, the piece was a mystery from start to finish.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Joe’s Palace, BBC1
“It’s done so very well - beautifully observed, with fine performances by Danny Lee Wynter as the boy, and sad old dog Michael Gambon as the recluse.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Joe’s Palace, BBC1
“Joe’s Palace was beautiful; idiosyncratic, but bewitching rather than self-indulgent.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

A Room With a View, ITV1
“A Room With a View was a sadly diminished version of EM Forster’s comedy of dawning self-knowledge.”
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent

A Room with a View, ITV1
“A Room with a View [ -] acted as a companion to, rather than a radical reinvention of, Merchant-Ivory’s 1980s film.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

A Room with a View, ITV1
“It was good, without being especially interesting.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

A Room With a View, ITV1
“There was nothing flashy or self-important about A Room With a View.”
James Walton, Daily Telegraph

Clash of the Worlds, BBC2
“ -examines the bitter history of misunderstandings between the Christian and Islamic cultures. It provided plenty of fine examples last night.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

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