The Dinosaurs; Molly vs The Machines

“It’s handsome – the geology and meteorology are particularly affecting, while the dinosaurs are only a notch below the very best photorealist simulations we have seen. If there’s an issue, apart from the well-worn storytelling, it’s the pace and depth of the narrative. The show is keen not to overload us with science but, in the demographic of people willing to spend several hours watching a factual show about dinosaurs, a significant percentage are amateur experts: a lot of folk who like dinosaurs know an awful lot about them, in a way that viewers who might casually tune in to a show about lemurs or dolphins probably do not. They might be frustrated by how little cutting-edge detail there is on each species and era, as the show pitches itself more towards families. The children of those families will, however, come away with a good grounding in evolution, and in what havoc can be wreaked by shifts in the climate.”
Jack Seale, The Guardian

“Molly vs The Machines opened with the heartbreaking death of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who kissed her family goodnight one evening in 2017 before going to her bedroom, where she looked at self-harm and suicide content until the early hours. Her mother found her dead the next morning. She took her own life - or, as the coroner at her inquest phrased it, she ‘died from an act of self-harm whilst suffering depression and the negative effects of online content.’ By the end of this documentary, it was clear that the social media companies and their CEOs are both unwilling and unable to control the foul content on their digital services.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail