Britannia; McCartney 3, 2, 1; Saving Lives at Sea

“There is something charmingly ridiculous about a series that features comic-relief cannibalism, orgies, throat-slashing and druids who look like they’ve wandered in from a music video by Voodoo People-era Prodigy. Much like a really great music festival, specifics are hard to hold on to – but Britannia’s sheer sensory overload brings its own bonkers rewards.”
Ed Power, The Telegraph

“Britannia isn’t a fantasy series to be taken seriously and it’s certainly no Game of Thrones. At times it tries too hard to be edgy and there are too many narrative threads to keep track of. But for all its missteps, it achieves what many historical series fail at – it’s rollicking good fun.”
Emily Baker, The i 

“Britannia has always aspired to being the most violent show on TV. Though it avoids the misogyny and gratuitous sex of Game Of Thrones, it is extraordinarily bloody. A massacre in a Roman camp two years ago left a death toll on a thermonuclear scale. The only way to enjoy Britannia is as demented nonsense”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

“It’s impossible to rationalise any of this — as with faith, you sense, feel or believe it. Britannia is TV as hippyish vibe, ancient history told inside a lava lamp and with T. Rex on the turntable, and I just happen to love the experience.”
Ben Dowell, The Times

“It is nerdy in the best possible way. There is something delightful about seeing McCartney standing by a mixing desk, rocking out to the tracks he wrote with John Lennon half a century ago. And even more remarkable when McCartney reminds us that he can’t read or write sheet music.”
Anita Singh, The Telegraph 

“McCartney is 79 and Rubin 21 years younger, but the charm of these six amiable half-hour rambles through the Beatle’s songbook arose from the lavishly bearded producer and co-founder of Def Jam Recordings looking like an indulgent patriarch listening to his prodigal son’s improbable adventures.”
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian

“The all-filler-no-killer approach meant Saving Lives at Sea couldn’t hold a dramatic candle to its hospital counterparts such as 24 Hours in A&E or 999: What’s Your Emergency?”
Emily Baker, The i