Leo Johnson does a great job with these programmes. He’s wonderful as a presenter and just as good in his field of expertise, showing the potential pitfalls as well as the potential in the projects he has chosen to analyse and assist.

It’s exciting to see that the grassroots projects featured in World Challenge are getting the professional guidance that can help them to succeed, endure and extend their influence. There’s lots to learn here about investment, risk, and management, even for small-scale undertakings. Looking forward to the next installment.

FROM spareribs

What a fantastic program! We were channel-surfing and caught the trailer by chance – then spent ages hunting down the broadcast time on the BBC World website. The show has all the ingredients of really gripping successful TV – the excitement and suspense of the competition, the touching sense of hope on the part of the entrepreneurs, the intellectual challenge of environmental and social issues meeting hard-nosed business, beautifully shot images of rural life in exotic locations and an absolutely brilliant presenter in Leo Johnson who has the charisma without the ego and more credibility than Boris, Bono or others who might have been considered for the role. Bravo!