Man on Earth

Man on Earth
Genre Documentary
Directed by Tom Stubberfield
Presented by Tony Robinson
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 4
Production
Executive producer(s) David Brady
Philip Clarke
Running time 48 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Channel 4
Original run 7 December 2009 –
28 December 2009

Man on Earth is a four-part British documentary television series presented by Tony Robinson. The programme documents the effects of climate change across 200,000 years of human history. The series premiered 7 December 2009 on Channel 4 with 1.4 million viewers.[1] Accompanying Robinson to help explain the science are archaeologist Dr. Jago Cooper and climate modeller Dr. Joy Singarayer.[2]

Episodes

# Title Original airdate Viewers in millions
1"The Triumph of Homo Sapiens"7 December 20091.4 (6%)[1]
2"The Birth of Civilisation"14 December 20091.27 (5.6%)[3]
3"Killer Climate"21 December 20091.27 (5.2%)[4]
4"The Modern World"28 December 20091.2 (4.9%)[5]

Reception

Sam Wollaston of The Guardian said the programme is "interesting and intelligently done – no embarrassing reconstructions with hairy chaps brandishing spears and grunting".[6] However, Jeremy Clay of the Leicester Mercury felt that the programme covered much of the same material as the BBC's The Incredible Human Journey, which aired earlier in the year. Clay was also not confident in the choice of Tony Robinson as the presenter saying that he "exudes enthusiasm rather than authority, and delivered some of his facts to camera with the air of a man who's only recently heard them himself".[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Plunkett, John (8 December 2009). "TV ratings: Man on Earth launches with 1.4 million". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  2. ↑ Simon, Jane (7 December 2009). "Man on Earth". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  3. ↑ French, Dan (15 December 2009). "'Move Like Michael Jackson' opens to 637k". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  4. ↑ French, Dan (22 December 2009). "'Ugly Betty' ends C4 run with 660,000". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Wilkes, Neil (3 January 2010). "'Triffids' remake brings in 6.1 million". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  6. ↑ Wollaston, Sam (8 December 2009). "Man on Earth". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  7. ↑ Clay, Jeremy (8 December 2009). "TV Review: Life". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 17 December 2009.

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