Stacey Dooley Investigates

If you feel like watching local people being set upon by a whiny, middle class, self-righteous idiot, watch this.

The presenter has all the charm of a dust pan. Her accent and speaking style is just AWFUL. She sounds like a police siren at 4 in the morning; pedestrian, repetitive and annoying.

She approaches the local inhabitants of the 'trouble spots' she visits to 'judge' (not report with any measure of impartiality) with a kind of colonial conceit. I'd call it arrogance and pomposity, if not for her 'working class' accent/drone, and sheer lack of on- screen depth.

If this seems unfair, watch one episode of her, then compare this to anything done by, say, Louis Theroix, or Anthony Bourdain.

I have no idea how she could have been chosen to front a journalistic television program. My only guess would be nepotism, cronyism or perhaps just dumb luck.

The show itself is the kind of dross churned out for lazy, fat Euro- trash, almost as a reverse psychology travel brochure. "Oooh 'er, 'arry. Let's 'ave it over in Spain. She says them ecstasy pills are cheap as fook o'er there."

If you liked "Embarrassing bodies" and/or any of the shows where the parents spy on their uncultured brain dead adolescent hate-spawn as they destroy once lovely seaside resorts with alcoholism, violence and STD's, then this crap is for you.

I have been watching Stacey Dooley and her investigative shows since they first aired and find them fascinating. She reports on hard hitting social issues that often get swept under the rug and brings them into the spotlight.

Stacey is sincere and it is really eye opening to see some of the issues all around the world that people face.

I feel she really gives people who are less fortunate a voice to speak out.

If you are looking for hard facts and by-the-book reporting, Stacey Dooley probably isn't for you. However, if you are looking for something with heart, give her a go. Stacey may not always be the most knowledgeable and gets things wrong but her strength is her ability to empathise and connect deeply with those she interviews. I liked that she wasn't always trying to be the most objective or neutral person which can sometimes dehumanise real issues.

This presenter doesn't do a decent enough job. Important subjects but she doesn't connect with the people she interviews. Stacey seems artificial and just goes along for the ride.

Stacey actively places herself in dangerous and compromising positions with her informative documentaries. For a naive looking woman she has accessed the most amazing and dangerous protagonist that we may have never met. The first time I watched her I didn't quite get it. Now I have seen all her efforts I am in admiration of her great work.