“Superb.” Read on for the full verdict on last night's TV.

Endgame, C4
“Superb [ ...] Almost everything about Endgame was irreproachable. Paula Milne wrote a characteristically powerful script, to which a wonderful cast did full justice, while Pete Travis's taut, documentary-style direction fitted the piece perfectly, imbuing it with the moody suspense of a thriller.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Endgame, C4
“What it all adds up to is a film that thrills as well as informs, that is as tense and gripping as it is human and moving. It captures a place and time in history, and you can't really ask much more than that of television.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Compulsion, ITV1
“A somewhat hamfisted attempt to update the Jacobean play The Changeling, featuring the genuinely hamfisted Ray Winstone.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

Compulsion, ITV1
“It's all so utterly implausible.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

Martin Clunes: Islands of Britain, ITV1
“It must be awful being a national treasure, just gathering dust in a display case every day, with only bored security guards and the occasional cat burglar for company. So it must be a relief whenever they're allowed outside to present comforting Sunday night travelogues such as Martin Clunes - Islands of Britain.”
Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman

Reggie Perrin, BBC1
“Although still not very funny, it's certainly not the disaster some have claimed (and that includes me in a moment of rash disdain).”
Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman

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