“What a lovely, warm story, told respectfully and kindly, full of inspiration and hope”

Stammer-School

Stammer School: Musharaf Finds His Voice, C4

“Reality television loves a triumphant transformation and this documentary delivered another tear-jerker – imagine the emotional impact of Musharaf’s original Educating Yorkshire speech, times three.”
Ellen E Jones, The Independent

“I was an emotional catastrophe, and the postscript, which told us what they were all up to now finished me off completely. What a lovely, warm story, told respectfully and kindly, full of inspiration and hope.”
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian

“Stammer School was feelgood telly-by-numbers, whose familiar arc saw apparently insurmountable obstacles overcome through grit, endurance and courage.”
Gabriel Tate, The Times

Attenborough’s Fabulous Frogs, BBC2

“Given his decades-spanning career in nature documentaries, it’s fair to assume Attenborough finds every living thing ‘truly fascinating’, so it was still a surprise to find so much to charm in the world’s 5,000-plus frog and toad species”
Ellen E Jones, The Independent

“It’s a great way to repackage a six part series into a single hour, and viewers would welcome it if he did this with all his documentary epics, from Life On Earth onwards”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

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