4 Feb '10

“This was a wonderfully quirky edition, narrated jauntily by the comedian Rob Brydon.”
Sarah Vine, The Times

“Don’t spend a whole hour of what’s left of your life on Natural World, if you missed it first time round… This had a natural lifespan of about 20 minutes, which had been stretched to a slightly testing 60.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“Prairie dogs were the subject last night, treated as vermin by farmers but according to some the possessors of a communication system not much less complex than our own.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“Prairie dogs have good language skills. But I won’t be asking them to my dinner parties.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“It’s clearly a horrible, horrible show. These people are bonkers to show their nasty ailments to a TV audience… Take your wonky willy, your festering tows, your tubular breasts and your wind problem to your GP.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“It was a fascinating insight into an area of medical science that is (unlike those eager to see it success) still in its infancy.”
Sarah Vine, The Times

“Who cares whether it’s true or not? The idea of British secret agents altering the course of world history by poisoning a lecherous hypnotist with some cyanide fruit cakes is far too lovely to ignore.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“It wasn’t just the melodramatic music, or the absurd graphics, or the frankly shameless promotion of Doherty’s business. All those things might have been forgiven if this had been anything more than a meandering and vague attempt to scrape the organic fat-free recyclable yoghurt pot of middle-class guilt about food miles.”
Sarah Vine, The Times