Wednesday, 19 November 2008

The reviews are in and the tears are flowing...

In showbiz, you're not meant to pay attention to the reviews, especially the bad ones. But what about the lazy ones? Or the lazy, bad ones?

As Britain feels the fangs of it's worst recession for decades puncture deeper into it's over-leveraged flesh, guess who's poncing about a series of glamourous and expensive parts of the world?

For the record I did suggest we visit some affordable locations, even some in the UK, but our programme has been about exciting, desirable "dream destinations" and there's nothing I can do to change that. I do wish reviewers could come up with something other than "Nice work if you can get it", a phrase repeated in at least three reviews of the show so far, and as a voracious critic and reader of reviews I think they could try a little harder...

Having said that I can only wait for the very considered and specific excoriation of my failings as television presenter and human being.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I just loved the endless grinning when mooching around in that grand old cadillac - exactly how I would feel!

Anonymous said...

Having read Andrea Mullaney's critique (or do I mean criticism) I'd say she had indulged in a rather hefty bowl of sour grapes!