It's interesting to see how people look on this issue very differently to others. I don't doubt for a minute that the programme was enjoyable and entertaining for the main audience. But as I mentioned before, the Beeb is supposed to be providing more than that.
The very nature of the BBC's remit means that a documentary such as this should have set out to explain to the viewer what the RAFAT are all about, what they actually do and, fundamentally, how they manage to put nine Hawks into the air and fly them in perfect formation. They failed in almost every respect. It is symptomatic of the BBC's current state that the production team opted to obsess about two fatalities (as if the team haven't had any others), a ridiculous "jeopardy" issue over the PDA, and the usual "touchy, feely" interviews that are easy to create (one points a camera and a microphone), that add nothing to the programme. It fills the available space but does it inform anyone? No.
It's laziness pure and simple, combined with the BBC's stifling terror of producing anything that doesn't tick all the proverbial boxes in terms of excitement, popularity and attention-getting. It is puerile. One could expect it from Sky or Channel 5, but we're talking about the BBC here. It's a sorry state of affairs!