Thanks to the magic of TVtechnology, Professor Robert Winston can be spirited instantaneously from a motorway cafe into the African bush to explain why humans like egg and chips for breakfast rather than yoghurt and muesli. “In the quest to unravel the complex mystery of our instinctive behaviour, I’ll travel the globe,” Winston promises (with the instinct of a presenter who spots the chance of a free holiday).
The BBCalso provides him with a limitless supply of babies to demonstrate that infants can’t sit up, but can distinguish sweet and sour, common sense telling them to reject the latter even when offered with an ingratiating smile. Instructive and good fun, especially next week, when he gets round to sex.
Robin Buss
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