because I rather like Brian Cox and I'm enjoying Wonders of the Solar System, myself. |I agree, there's a fair bit of slack-jawed Wonder in the show, but the science is there and Brian C is highly bona-fide, a repected particle physicist at CERN and Manchester Uni. Of course, he got the gig, not for being a respected scientist but because he's relatively young and personable and because he was the keyboard player for D-Ream, but he does know his stuff.

Dimbleby's show is watchable, I think, but I prefer Dan Snow's current effort. My favourite historian/presenter though is Michael Wood, who could talk you through 3 hours of paint drying and make it impossible to look away.