“Really it was a posh travelogue, aimed at people who love to boast of the dear little taverna they know in Palermo.”
Sicily: The Wonder Of The Mediterranean, BBC2
“This was billed as an investigation of the island’s archaeology and the successive invasions by Greeks, Carthaginians and Moors that shaped its character. But really it was a posh travelogue, aimed at people who love to boast of the dear little taverna they know in Palermo.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail
“The seal was the star, but Robson was good value. He was enjoying himself much more on the North Devon coastline, where he spent his childhood holidays, than he did a few weeks ago on that Pacific paradise isle, beset by mosquitoes and food poisoning.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail
“Sort of a bit like BBC’s Coast but without the expertise. Geniality Not Geology.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
The Modern British Slave Trade, Channel 4
“My only quarrel was that the script failed to provide much context. Why has slavery returned to the west? Globalisation? Cheap transport? A failure in social welfare or border control? What is for sure is that it is a good, low-cost business model in ‘living-wage’ Britain.”
Andrew Billen, The Times
“Thick gloom has enveloped Mrs Robshaw, who now has to cook and clean and be critiqued by her increasingly smug husband. If this were Big Brother Rochelle Robshaw would be begging for eviction as much as victory.”
Andrew Billen, The Times
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