“Amid the inventiveness and the soft, grandfatherly tones of David Attenborough, it’s hard to ignore how selfish a business survival is.”

Life Story

Life Story, BBC1

“Notionally, this episode dealt with the struggled of animals to establish homes- but there was a lot of footage (wildebeest takedowns, mountain goats leaping) incidental to this theme.”
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian

“Amid the cuteness, the inventiveness and the soft, grandfatherly tones of David Attenborough, it’s hard to ignore how selfish a business survival really is.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

The Passing Bells, BBC1

“The problem with Tony Jordan approach is that much of what makes his drama accessible to family audiences also renders it implausible and obvious to anyone else who happens to tune in.”
Ellen E Jones, The Independent

Detectorists, BBC4

“There was never a great deal of story in this wan, tender comedy about amateur archeologists. What little plot there was, really echoed what was going on inside them.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

 

 

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