Through Hell and High Water

Insipid TV Presenter Ben Fogle teamed up with Olympic Champion James Cracknell to row the Atlantic - this is their story. It has everything a feat of endurance tale should provide: problems, drama, joy and the sly hint that one of the rowers probably wanted to take a swing at his team-mate once the cameras stopped rolling. As the initial incarnation of the story was a TV programme, it's a bit too long to comfortably sit through in one go, especially since a lot of the footage is clearly filler material. Fogle's presenting technique is of its usual quality ("This wood – it's very wooden, isn't it?") but fans of the sport or this genre of programming should find enough to get them past him. Ultimately, it's a remarkable feat, but there's no point in owning this DVD. [Graham McIntosh]