“Surely one of the best-researched, most revealing documentaries of the year.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

Ian Brady: Endgames of a Psychopath

Ian Brady: Endgames of a Psychopath, Channel 4

“Surely one of the best-researched, most revealing documentaries of the year.”
Stefanie Marsh, The Times

“It didn’t reveal much about Brady that we didn’t already know.”
John Crace, The Guardian

“It presented the strongest case for the death penalty I have ever seen on TV.”
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

Our War, BBC3

“It did more to bring home the realities of the war in Afghanistan than any number of news reports or Ross Kemp documentaries.”
John Crace, The Guardian

Toast of London, Channel 4

“In any other scenario, an actor writing a sitcom about an actor would be a hanging offence, but the surreal element here kept it from disappearing up itself and Berry pulled off the right balance of egotism and pathos.”
Fiona Sturges, The Independent

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