Carl I do hope you're not including Chris Packham in your assessment, I rather liked his thing about the mysterious Vole Movement, at least it was faintly relevant.

I think you'll find the entourage added pizazz, vim, attitude and panache. Or whatever the 21st century media buzz-word equivalents are. To draw in the yoof and casual viewer (like hell, I think it actually put Mr Rh off and he won't watch any more of them with me).