Building the Band; Johnny Vegas’ Little Shop of Antiques

“As a reality show, it is fine, watchable, well-crafted, leaving sufficient cliffhangers to keep you pressing play, though its first four episodes do begin to feel a little drawn-out and repetitive.”
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian

“Lucky for Netflix that it is such an enormously enjoyable, optimistic set-up that viewers may well overlook the arguable wrongness of resurrecting this kind of musical launchpad. The early episodes are deliciously frothy and fun. Whether the self-constructed nature of the bands lead to a more harmonious future remains to be seen, but until then, it’s a riot.”
Francesca Steele, The i

“Liam Payne turns out to be the best thing in it, his humility and down-to-earth Britishness proving a welcome antidote to the American mix of ruthless ambition and tearful schmaltz. After the novelty of the blind auditions, it turns into a grindingly dull, by-numbers talent contest.”
Anita Singh, The Telegraph

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“In person Vegas is sensitive and thoughtful with a vulnerability that is impossible not to love. Quick of wit, he was even better company when reflecting on whether his obsessive collecting was ‘filling a void a little bit’. The show also offered pleasing insights into a world where even supposedly rival vendors and enthusiasts are unusually kind and helpful to each other.”
Ben Dowelll, The Times