The TV news may for very grim viewing this week, but if you looked elsewhere on the box, there was plenty of escapism available, as the TV reviews from The Arts Desk show.
All about the great "illusion" that is colour, BBC Two's new documentary programme Horizon asked the question 'Do You See What I See?'. It examined how it affects us when it is seen and how the brain interprets it. Kieron Tyler was struck by many things including the way colour can be linked to success, with red proving to be particularly winning, although he thought some of the conclusions reached in the programme were a little self-evident.
The first episode of the new series of BBC One's 'Who Do You Think You Are?' was likely to disappoint regular viewers, as there were no tears from June Brown (Dot Cotton from EastEnders). A great deal of knowledge about her family was already known by the actress, so she was able to travel remarkably far back to the mid-17th century. The programme has their subjects 'discover' everything for themselves, despite the research being pre-done, which is Sweeting's main reservation.
With their eighth series of Shooting Stars, Vic and Bob returned to BBC Two in other TV news. The surreal comedy of Reeves and Mortimer means the loveable duo can get away with saying almost anything and although the format remains pretty much unchanged, it's somehow more a beloved national institution than a tired old formula.
Beginning with a degree of promise, but soon losing its way, Adam Sweeting was let down by the series finale of Camelot, Channel 4's Arthurian romp in the last of this week's TV reviews. Viewers were treated to rustic folk they'd never heard of and a few derelict farm buildings, instead of the sex, swordplay, famous knights and Round Table they were expecting, so the fatal flaw of the show was to leave out these familiar aspects of the Arthur legend that everyone loves so much.
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