I thought it was typically ridiculous that the academic had spent his whole life writing about how people use plants, but had never actually spoken to someone face to face about it. Doh.

And another thing, doesn;t Mears' almost neopagan attitude start grating after a while, the way he's almost saying 'ooh these people are spiritually at one with the earth', yet to them it's just Business As Usual and they look a bit bemused by his ingratiating manner. Yep I'm singing the Bush Tomato song now. It's what you do when you collect bush tomatoes. It shows them a bit of respect. Can I get on with it now.

AND another thing, what about that bonkers australian guy "oh yes my people do this that and the other" - I found it creepily colonial.

But overall I liked the programme a lot. And it is one of my favourite subjects. And I wish I'd got my arse in gear and gone to australia to study ethnobotany myself. Maybe I still could. If I had any guts.

And Mears, despite being a closet media luvvie, he's alright really and his heart's in the right place don't you think.