13 August, '09

The Cell, BBC4
“Sadly, a trendy ‘yoof’ element overshadowed much of his first programme… Any viewer boasting an IQ higher than an amoeba’s might have been left rather short-changed.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

The Cell, BBC4
“The first episode required large dollops of concentration, despite Rutherford’s attempt to make science and scientific history accessible, with exclamations of ‘Result!’”
Tim Teeman, The Times

The Cell, BBC4
“Refreshingly gimmick free. This is a sturdy bit of science history, neatly crafted to introduce one of the biggest ideas in biology to a general audience.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

The Cell, BBC4
“The first documentary I have watched where the presenter waggled a sample bottle of his own semen at the camera, before explaining how he had collected it. That’s more like it, BBC4!”
Esther Addley, The Guardian

The Cell, BBC4
“It had a pleasing narrative, full of part-time nobodies with homemade microscopes trouncing fusty snobs with astonishing discoveries.”
Benji Wilson, Daily Telegraph

Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC1
“‘I don’t anticipate happiness,’ Cattrall said of what she might find: boy, was she right.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC1
“What made this a particularly enthralling episode was that it was driven by anger. George Braugh, the missing grandfather, had been a very bad boy.”
Benji Wilson, Daily Telegraph

Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC1
“In some alternate universe, Samantha Jones is one of the Liver Birds.”
Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman

Location, Location, Location, Channel 4
“‘Here we go again!’ trills Kirstie Allsopp. Oh Kirstie, do you feel it too?… It’s been wonderful.”
Esther Addley, The Guardian