“The surprise to me about this show was that it was better than I expected”
Accidental Tourist, ITV
“It remains, in essence, Christmas schedule filler, but there is an unusual degree of emotional authenticity that marks Accidental Tourist out (from the seasonal schedule and from the customary herd of travelogues and minor-celebrities-overcoming-adversity documentaries.) Yes, it’s funny. Mulhern’s vibe is very much Karl Pilkington with insight, and Ant and Dec collapse laughing at his semi-inadvertent bon mots, revelations (“And then the duck came out with its beak on!”) and genuine horror at what most of us consider to be normal life events (like … hummus. Or ham). But they also clearly adore him, and he clearly wants to change and use this opportunity to try to do so.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian
“The surprise to me about this show — which has echoes of Karl Pilkington’s An Idiot Abroad but is less funny — was that it was better than I expected. Mulhern was funnier than I have given him credit for in the past (I don’t watch much Catchphrase or Dancing on Ice). He has an easy, self-deprecating manner and said it had done him good to break out of his rut.”
Carol Midgley, The Times
“Though [Mulhern] pretended to be at the mercy of the joke, he was clearly in control at all times. If boundaries were pushed, it was by his choice. There was so little real footage of him in a tizz that most of this pilot episode consisted of filler and repetition. Any hopes of an entire series are as cold and unappealing as a squid in a Korean fish market.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail
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