James May's Great Explorers

The program is unfortunate in that it is a Mish Mash of styles and is totally unsure of what it is trying to achieve and who it is aimed at.

Subject Matter - the subject matter is fascinating and it seems difficult to make a program that is so distracting and not really that educational. The constant childish gags really undermine the story that is trying to be told.

Presenter Style - James May style is normally okay as being the sort of self deprecating, humble, slightly buffoon type character who is walking through the world with marvelling naive eyes. On its own order as part of a team of three people say that is okay. However, this version of James May is part stand-up comedian making teenage or social media style joke aside that are totally out of context with the historical information being conveyed.

Script - I'm not sure if there's a script or everything is just add Live but it's not impressive.

Guests and Production - these are the good bits of the program. The filming is good and the guests seem knowledgeable and informative. Having said that they are sorting to have to fit into the comedy style narrative, which is not a good fit.

Overall, it just seemed like quite a lazy program and even though I love the subject matter, I decided I couldn't watch any more after two episodes. At the time of writing this review it seems that the program is scoring incredibly highly with 8.4 and 45 reviews but I can't see a single review.