Wonders of Solar System has a very high rating on the IMDb, and in a way I can see why.
It's a very lavish BBC production, high on costs and no expense is spared in the photography, nor the film locations. This series must have cost the Beeb a bomb.
But it's the presenter Dr Brian Cox I can't abide. I don't really want to get personal but the guy looks like a wax work. He grins constantly whilst speaking and he commands not one ounce of authority.
In the first episode he managed to babble on whilst grinning throughout the entire programme and I found it very off-putting. I am no science expert but what he was saying I thought, 'so what?' I gave this a one star rating, because for me it's simply unwatchable. The style is very patronising. Yes, the shots of earth and space are nice. But that doesn't detract from the fact that Mr Cox is a very annoying, plastic individual.
It's a very lavish BBC production, high on costs and no expense is spared in the photography, nor the film locations. This series must have cost the Beeb a bomb.
But it's the presenter Dr Brian Cox I can't abide. I don't really want to get personal but the guy looks like a wax work. He grins constantly whilst speaking and he commands not one ounce of authority.
In the first episode he managed to babble on whilst grinning throughout the entire programme and I found it very off-putting. I am no science expert but what he was saying I thought, 'so what?' I gave this a one star rating, because for me it's simply unwatchable. The style is very patronising. Yes, the shots of earth and space are nice. But that doesn't detract from the fact that Mr Cox is a very annoying, plastic individual.