18 Jan '11

“Tony Robinson looked at how our diverse landscape offers clues to the ways in which it was formed 60 million years ago. This he did in his usual style of shouting at the camera.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

“Tony Robinson trekking the length and breadth of our isles finding out how they got there, why it’s always raining and why the white cliffs of Dover are white. Intriguing stuff it is too.”
Matt Baylis, The Express

“Spears’s pantheon of hits — including Slave 4 U, Toxic, Stronger — became a surprisingly effective pop metaphor for the show’s various ongoing emotional dilemmas, as well as a handy showbusiness shorthand for repressed sexual desire.”
Sarah Vine, The Times

“The real guts of the thing was in the plotting, which was splendid. The body of a young woman is dredged out of a canal, and a talented army officer suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder appears to have killed himself.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

“After last week’s opener I aired some reservations about the rhythms of the comedic banter, but hoped that it would get better when Matt LeBlanc (playing a souped-up version of himself) joined in the fun, and last night, with several very good gags both verbal and visual, it did.”
Brian Viner, The Independent

“The hippo cartel too is feared and adored in equal measure; the government doesn’t know what to do with them. Pablo wallows in blissful splendour, untouchable, king of the hippos …”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“Emily Atack off the Inbetweeners is looking into the issue of binge drinking. First she gets some of her mates around, to discuss the subject.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“Horizon couldn’t explain it last night any more than it has ever been able to. The real question has to be why it keeps on bothering.
Matt Baylis, The Express