TV critics' verdict on programmes - including C4’s documentary Hitler’s Favourite Royal - broadcast on 6 December 2007

Hitler’s Favourite Royal, C4
“Interesting as this tale was, it didn’t allow time for a bit of balance.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Hitler’s Favourite Royal, C4
"Instead of trying to present this as one man’s tragedy, the producer, Fi Cotter, would have been better off presenting him as an example of the wider - unnervingly wide - phenomenon of British aristocrats who thought Adolf had the right idea about the Jews and dammit, it wasn’t the Germans we should be fighting.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Hitler’s Favourite Royal, C4
“A solid documentary on a feeble man and a wretched family.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Coming Up, C4
“ -it was beautifully acted and undeniably fresh.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Coming Up, C4
“Brave but emotionally unsatisfying in the end.”
Gerard O’Donovan, Daily Telegraph

The Street, BBC1
“There are just a few more houses to go on The Street. I hope plans are being made to build dozens more.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

The Street, BBC1
“This was another consummately written and directed slice of epic everyday life. Somehow The Street works without ever sliding over into pretension or daftness.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Entourage, ITV2
“ -what sells it is the careful balance of knowing parody and well-rounded characters.”
Noam Friedlander, Daily Telegraph

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