Radio Times: Review by:; David Butcher

Search for young Scot Danny MacAskill on YouTube and you’ll see stunts that defy belief. He rides a bike as if it were a cross between a jetpack and a surfboard, flipping across walls and over flights of stairs with skill that’s almost laughable.

The best bits of this programme are the sections where we see him do just that, but there’s a bigger idea underlying it, the question of why people like MacAskill pursue extreme sports. So he meets other daredevils, including a TT rider (“Get it wrong and you’re dead; that’s what I like about it”) and one of those men who jump off cliffs in wingsuits. It’s all down to brain chemistry, apparently.

About this programme

Stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill questions why people pursue extreme sports. Despite becoming famous through clips of his bike skills on the internet, he has suffered a series of injuries and is currently unable to perform. He speaks to fellow enthusiasts, scientists and psychologists to try to understand what leads people to take incredible risks.