Anyone catch this on BBC2? I decided to watch this on the strength of the trailers, which had a kind of magical quality about them. It looked like we were in for a 'people' programme, with interviews with real people telling their stories from all around the coast of Britain.
What we got was a slightly 'dumb' science/nature/history show with presenters that sounded like they used to be primary school teachers.
The bit about the sound-mirrors could have been good, but they over-egged it by trying to tell us that we had 'forgotten how they worked...'. For Heaven's sake, they are just reflectors with a microphone (or ancient equivalent) at their focus - any schoolboy could tell you how they worked!
Some parts were good and on the whole I enjoyed it, but not enough 'people' in it for my liking, and too much gabbling from the presenters.
Any thoughts?
What we got was a slightly 'dumb' science/nature/history show with presenters that sounded like they used to be primary school teachers.
The bit about the sound-mirrors could have been good, but they over-egged it by trying to tell us that we had 'forgotten how they worked...'. For Heaven's sake, they are just reflectors with a microphone (or ancient equivalent) at their focus - any schoolboy could tell you how they worked!
Some parts were good and on the whole I enjoyed it, but not enough 'people' in it for my liking, and too much gabbling from the presenters.
Any thoughts?