Japan with Sue Perkins

“As a travel buddy, Sue Perkins is great fun. But as a satisfying exploration of the country, the programme lacked depth. I would love to have heard from some expert Japanese voices unpicking the salarymen’s shame, or the impact of kawaii on women.”
Emine Saner, The Guardian

“There’s a purity to Sue Perkins that means she is always lovely company, as she proved in Japan with Sue Perkins. She has bucketfuls of humanity and her humour is never sneery.”
Carol Midgley, The Times

“Perkins is perfectly capable of sniggering at her hosts’ expense, but she is determined to journey with an open mind as she confronts the sheer otherness of the place.”
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph

“With the growing number of celebrity-fronted travel programmes, original content is becoming a challenge. Thankfully, the first episode devoted to her three-week Japanese journey did cover some new territory.”
Claudia Connell, Daily Mail

“Perkins seems to be trying to ‘solve’ Japan, and figure out what makes it tick, as though she has just landed on Mars. This sort of thing is part and parcel of travel documentaries, but feels a bit forced here.”
Barbara Speed, The i