“Not as a stinging satire on wealth inequality, but an enjoyable, and unexpectedly informative travelogue.”

24 Hours to Go Broke, Dave

“Uneasy viewing, as disrespectful to foreigners as Karl Pilkington with the added ethical worry that it found poverty mockable.” 
Andrew Billen, The Times

“This show worked best not as a stinging satire on wealth inequality, but as an enjoyable, and unexpectedly informative travelogue.”
Ellen E Jones, The Independent

“Dave producers have come up with an entertaining format: take two comedians, give them a suitcase stuffed with banknotes, and send them off to the back of beyond to spend it.”
Christopher Stevens, The Daily Mail

Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic, C5

“I think it could be more accurately be titled Are You Absolutely Sure You Want To Be a Vet When You Grow Up? But then that would give no hint of Ben Fogle’s contribution, which is immense.”
Tim Dowling, The Guardian

“The show belongs to the remarkable creatures that pass, ailing and healed, through the hands of the vets for whom a job at this cutting-edge centre is justifiably prized.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

Mr Drew’s School for Boys, Channel 4

“It’s impossible not be be charmed by Mr Drew’s charges, who are so incredibly badly behaved one minute, and so contrite the next.”
Tim Dowling, The Guardian

“As with other ‘problem school’ documentaries such as Educating Yorkshire, there’s an uneasy suspicion the cameras are exacerbating the problem. The temptation to act up for airtime must have been strong.”
Christopher Steven, The Daily Mail

 

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