Reception
Sam Wollaston writing in The Guardian complemented the series as, "a more scholarly appendage to the BBC1 show," stating that "Cruickshank was charming, breathless and enthusiastic, whispering every sentence to the camera as if he's telling you, and only you, an amazing secret," before going on to comment that his favourite scene involved a donkey, "as favourite scenes often do." David Chater writing in The Times complimented Cruickshank's inimitable style.
David Liddiment writing in The Guardian compliments the cleverly twinning of this more cerebral series with the docudrama on BBC One but he points out that this was done during the final stages of the BBC's charter renewal review and insists that the corporation should keep up standards after this process is completed.
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