A couple of reviews have appeared today from last night's show. The Times liked it although there was a strange Spice Girls comparison...

"The detective team, for instance, had something of a Private Eye Spice Girls about them – there was the old one (John Standing), the posh one (J. J. Field), the rough one (Matt Smith), and the funny-looking one with the prehensile lips (Piper). Their adventures were preposterous and culminated in the destruction of a doomsday weapon – the highly improbable “steam gun”. And yet despite the Boys Own idiocy and the obvious budgetary limitations (very few big money set-pieces) The Shadowhad a moody charm, and a belief in narrative chicanery that was compelling."

The Telegraph's reviewer enjoyed it but wasn't so keen on JJ's character. Forum consensus is that the reviewer must have watched with a female companion who really did like JJ's character...

If you missed the programme, dont forget that it will be available to download using BBC iPlayer for another week.