10 Nov '11

“There’s not much telly that manages to be so effortlessly humbling about one’s place in the universe. There are three episodes left in this series, of what must be a dwindling store of future Attenborough programmes. Who cares about dates or boundaries, or even too many facts? Sit back and feast.”
Esther Addley, The Guardian

“Its best jokes aren’t quotable, though, because they come out of that strange amalgam of what the screen delivers and what the audience already knows and feels. Not just for students.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“Maybe I am wrong and Morgan is just using faith as a plot adornment. Then truly it is not grander than Anthony Horowitz’s Collision in a 2009 – a melting pot of plots – or, to paraphrase Paul on his fellow jurors, a jar of liquorice allsorts.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“It was quite a canny move on Kirstie’s part to throw herself into a new world, one that she likes and is attracted to but is in no sense an expert at.”
Matt Baylis, The Express

“It’s dodgy from the foundations up, in other words, constructed from industry-standard components (the footballer’s mansion that houses the contestants, the expert mentors, the man who says “this competition is going to make or break me”), but built in such a way that pretty much everything wobbles when you lean on it.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“Merton is both likable and a talented comic, and caravans … well, they are not exactly a new joke, but they surely provide enough material for 50 minutes of gently satisfying whimsy?”
Esther Addley, The Guardian

“It is fun for all sorts of reasons not least the fact that everyone can watch it and enjoy seeing that the roads are full of people who drive worse than themselves.”
Matt Baylis, The Express