As my good friend
Senile Dementia says ...
I suppose it would be bad TV not to concentrate on the eccentrics.
It's a TV programme; it's not reality. The events that were shown will have been carefully edited to make good TV; not to further the cause of GA flying, not to show microlights are safe and cartainly not to show things as they happened.
I watched it and enjoyed the programme. However, being aware of the tricks that a production team can make (who remembers James May in airship over Norwich??), I took it all with a pinch of salt.
Would I fly with them? On the strength of the programme, no. On the strength of meeting with them and chatting about their real knowledge and ability (as I would for any complete stranger), yes.
Cheers
Whirls